<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">The River<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="s1" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"> </span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">I will tell you what I know in my blood:</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">the river does not vanish into night,</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">but is still there, flowing through dark</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">to a place that lies beyond: brighter,</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">greener hills than we can dream of.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 17px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">Listen! You can hear the river’s song</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">as it flows over leaf and stone,</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">in the clear full music of hearts.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 17px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">Those who love enough soon learn to walk</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none;">in rain and remain dry.</span></p><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Bill Herrick</div></body></html>