The Lehigh is chaffing
at the shoulders of her banks
Swollen
with mood of mud
brown and flat and far too fast
She tore those young girls
from their rafts
Decorated the trees
of a midstream island with them
hanging on like the leaves and silt
once did
Their cries swallowed
as she roared past
harvesting souls with clinging hands
Chosen
to be victim
Chosen
for a reason
to be spared
Aug 14, 2018
Aug 14, 2018 at 7:58 PM UTC
The Lehigh is chaffing
at the shoulders of her banks
Swollen
with mood of mud
brown and flat and far too fast
She tore those young girls
from their rafts
Decorated the trees
of a midstream island with them
hanging on like the leaves and silt
once did
Their cries swallowed
as she roared past
harvesting souls with clinging hands
Chosen
to be victim
Chosen
for a reason
to be spared
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