The River

Don't Tell Me...

Everyone is beautiful when the models on the billboards and posters are 60 pounds lighter than I am and blonder and skinnier than I will ever be. 

The river flows 
Through the valley of life 
Never stopping 
Never giving, 
It brings with it 
Joy 
Sadness 
Anger
Hope
All swirling through 
The toiling waters

I like to wander through the meadow,
Glancing at the flowers as I pass, 
But today when my eyes fell upon you, 
They could not budge. 

Perhaps it was the way your snow-white petals stood out against the grass,