Gathering

Shall We Gather At The River?

We gathered at the river,

For walking to the islands,

Or building a pontoon,

Or a campfire,

For solace and solitude,

To fish and swim,

To explore quietly.

To stand back from the flood,

And watch warily to see if,

We had to leave the house,

In a boat.

To look at natures bounty

Of signs,

And animal’s wanderings,

Watch the turtles sunning,

To drag our boat up the river,

Three of four miles,

Over rapids, and shallows,

Just to float back down -

Laying on the bottom,

In the sun.

The Lewis Family said that