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Water in the Glen

By Nicholas Metzger

The water moves ever on in the Glen
flanked on both sides by walls of green
cutting through the forest it calls home
wearing through the dirt, shaving stone smooth
 
still stained brown from its tree origins
flowing through its narrow-hewn channels
catching the glimmering light, filtering through the canopy
turning the bubbling water into shining, sparkling gems
 
faster now, gaining speed, as the hill steepens itself
the volume rising, bubbling, chatting, screaming, roaring
the water leaps and rolls off its stone ledge,
pushing the air out of the way, giving motion to normally still air.
 
The cool air breathing out of the white, frothing water
settled now, farther down the stream’s path
its lazy pace now restored, waiting for the next big fall,
the water moves ever onward in the Glen.

 

Nicholas Metzger is from York, in south-central Pennsylvania. He is currently majoring in accounting and management, and his main interests are camping, nature, and reading. He has mostly done writing for school projects since his dyslexia often gets in the way. Lately, he has been writing poems and short stories more regularly. Armor Behind the Glass, Howling Wind

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