Opportunities

The pull of the river
carries you toward the future;
proposing your purpose,

dropping the residue of regret,
now accumulating unseen
in the silt below the current.

Rounded wrinkles
ride the surface,
appearing, disappearing. 

Sliding over the smooth
surface of the present,
presenting opportunities for change.

© 2019 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. Blackfoot River ~ Missoula, Montana

2. Upper McDonald Creek ~ Glacier National Park - Montana

3. Pickerel Lake Park - Fred Meijer Nature Preserve - Kent County - Michigan

Reading the River

The steady pull of the river
carries you toward the future,
proposing your purpose;

dropping the residue of regret,
now accumulating unseen
in the silt of the riverbed.

Rounded wrinkles swirl on the surface;
appearing and disappearing.

The fluid edges of light
bending blue and gold.

Like opportunities for change
sliding over the smooth current
of the present.

Slowing down, 
taking some time
to see what else

the river may bring. 

© 2018 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: Pickerel Lake Park ~ Fred Meijer Nature Preserve