As I pond- er the stream Of life, I brook Our oceans Lost, our rivers Unexplored, estuaries Untravelled, tributaries Unseen; our courses Diverged, our ways Parted like the Red Sea, We drifted on the tides Like ships caught on waves Carried on torrid floods, Riding the cascading torrents Over strange uncharted waters, And yet if our paths ever flow To meet in some channel On a distant shore, Expect no tears, No weeping, I won't cry You a river