The clouds are dark and black, filled with vapor
The vapor transforms into drops as the particles collide
The drops turn to rain, falling to earth in a new storm of life
The rain forms a stream, rushing onward,
over the rocks and trees that often block the way
The stream joins with other streams to become a river
A baton falls into the river and flows with it
As the banks widen, the river slows as often happens in life
It lazes for a while as it has lost the joy of youth
but then the river is joined by a younger river
