Lyrics: Aden Neuwirth
Music: Aden Neuwirth
[Spoken Word Poem]
I stumble upon a river, one I haven’t seen
At peace with itself, and at peace with the trees
It ebbs and it flows, it gives the plants life
The river has not one worry or strife
Yes I wish to be the river, so tranquil and smooth
I’m rough like a rock, and dark like the moon
But the river reflects all the light that is shone
The river gives life, to things that are old
I come to river, some months after June
The rivеr is trapped, in the land it once knеw
A wasteland of ice is what it became
Oh why can’t the river, just stay the same?
I come back again, right after March
The river breathes life once again but I thought
How could the river just flow once anew?
Though life is reborn, there was pain it ensued
I realized the river is just like us all
It flows and it flows, through Spring and through Fall
But in Winter, it freezes and pushes through March
Until it is once reborn again
Yes I am the river, I flow and I flow
At peace with the world and all of it’s love
The pain is a part of me, I will always know
That the ice that I hated, melts and allows things to grow