The Valley

Set so beautifully in lush fresh green
with its slopes so gentle they gleam
with the water sparkling in the sun
nature so splendid the time stops to run

The  slide came slowly, picked up speed
roamed down the slopes with powerful feed
tried to take all it could swallow
left the valley dreadfully hollow

Eternities came and left tide by tide
and the river dug a tunnel beneath the slide
the valley so swamped by the mass
had grown even more of thick grass

the valley, it gained in beauty
after the suffering as its only duty
the valley, what a cheerful wonder,
lives on and spreads joy beyond it.

F Sz 23 Jun 2006 Chevry