Every bend of a mountain stream Has an inlet somewhere, A little warm corner where the Currents churn slow And soft Across the water worn rocks.
And notice how the river's things Quick darting fish and splintered Sticks all come to rest For a moment in the rhythm of this Gently swirling space That gives freely of her embrace Before everything goes drifting on and On to where it is supposed to go Waterways to the raging sea And beyond.
And I am an inlet.
I do not know how to turn cold and Resist each time Love comes close. No, I reach out to gather and to hold.
But yet, it is always only passing Through and like the gentle bend of a Mountain river, I must let go.
So it is Every time I find myself alone.
Sitting by the banks of a Rushing river Listening to the whisper of the water That sounds like
Ghosts.
Everyone I know goes away In the end. -Johnnie Cash