The River

It was so Perfect that Winter Day
 Intending to pass I decided to stay
 I meant to follow the winding River
 But it came to a Lake in a frozen Vale
 Ice became a Mirror
 Though my Reflection
 Was not the Same
 Something had changed
 My Youth was gone
 Age hade gained
 How could it be
 My best Years left me
 Life is a River that ebbs and flows
 Nobody knows where it's going to go
 All that is left is to ride the Current
 Hope that it keeps us one Day more
 I have let this go too far
 Will I shine with the Stars
 When I see the Betrayer
 What is there that One can say
 To mend the wrong Done
 Is there any Love left?
 Life is a River that cuts the Shore
 It shows your Life as a shattered Mirror
 When the Water finally runs dry
 Will you stand to look yourself in the Eye
 I am an Island alone in the Sea
 Life is a River and I believe
 That it has grown too late for me
 Broken in the cold, how did I get so old
 Life is a River that passed me by
 Was it always my Desire to lay down and die
 Outside the Lake I'm held by Ice and Tears
 And to this Day they hold me still
 I died in the Lake many Days ago
 I closed my Eyes and let Life go
 I thought of myself as a Man of Will
 But I know now that the Ice keeps me still
 I can see it now, the Moment I drowned
 I was a lonely Forest, I began to freeze
 Surrounded by Snow, lost to the Trees
 I let my River end, don't lose Sight my Friend
 Hold on to your Life while you can
 Stave off the Day when your River ends
 Through the Ice we see the Water
 As still as the Blood within me
 Softly touched by the Sun
 Through Clouds of White
 Like looking through Ice
 Nothing seems clear
 I walked for Leagues
 Or perhaps not at all
 It seemed I would stay
 It was so perfect that Day
 Outside a lonely Lake
 I am held by Ice and Tears
 And to this Day they hold me still
 I will find my River