By the river

There is a mystical comfort

in the incessant gurgles and splashes,

swish-swish-swoosh-swoosh,

of the river.

It is like its currents can

ablute off-and-away

torturous burdens of the past

and anxious palpitations of the future.

Perhaps the constantly flowing waters

carry the message of freedom,

whispering in the ears as they pass by,

“let go”.

Somehow the river is an epitome

of eternity and quite contrarily

of transience too.

The waters before have long swept by

and so shall the waters now,

yet the river will continue to flow.

It seems it has flowed forever

and yet it is never the same.

May be it is owing to that

inherent transcendence of the river

that its sounds carry in them

a blessing of peace to the weary mind.

Company of a freely flowing river

is no less purging than

the company of the enlightened.

Let go!

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