River

Past, present, and future
They crash within me all at once
Birth, life, death
A seemingly never ending cycle
Birth of a babe, new to everything
Learning things with passage of time
A life of smiles, tears, joy, pain
Unknowing of where it will go
Death, the thing we all share
The end of us, some believe
Or just the beginning of another story elsewhere
Understanding only the definition
Until it catches up to us
Expected or by surprise
No matter the amount of money in our pockets
Or the possessions we store up
Famous, unknown
Young, old
Good, bad
It does not discriminate
But life goes on as the river does
Although it's not us, new ones come
Following the course of the stream of life
What a mystery
Where will it go?
What will it see?
There's so many possibilities