DOWN BY THE RIVER ...

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Down by the river side,

With clay pot squeezed under HER armpit,

Walking through the bushy path,

The evergreen path, ever blossom path,

Down by the river side,

For a NOON water fetching, for Noon chores, down by the river side,

Down by the rusty clay road with dust powdering the whole forest,

Down by the riverside HE met HER,

HE met HER for the first time, the very first,

Down by the riverside the LOVE was watered,

Down by the riverside THEIR LOVE blossom,

Down by the riverside it was nurtured,

THEIR perfect point of love, perfect place down by the riverside,

Side by side in LOVE they are, hands in hands in affection,

Splashing, running, giggling, soaking and laughing away,

Laughing all the fears away, a fear of the future,

Fear of the unknown with cool water gushing down the Fall,

Down by the riverside until sunset over the HILLS…

©FUNMI ADEYEMO, August2016