To Rivers Running To Freedom

To Rivers Running To Freedom
(Apropos The Underground Railroad)

With eyes wide open
And souls burning,
While they rested
We were running—
Running dreams
To visions like rivers:
Cascading estuaries;
Wide open seas.

Running dreams
Under star decked heavens;
In the rivers God has troubled free.
Running dreamers
Running and running;
Laying down trace tracks of visions;
Highlighting paths to free flowing
River waters. Seeking depths
Of freedom’s ways:
Where there’s no more slavery
Over me;
And the weary too!

With eyes wide open
And souls burning,
While they rested
We just keep on a’running:
Running waters of rivers freely.
And now our children
Wade, bathe and baptize in the rivers
God has troubled free.

Copyright © millard lowe | Year Posted 2016
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