I am water
and I am life.
     I am RIVER!
and I am going home.

Hear my voice from high up in the Pennines
running free over granite pools
that almighty Earth had formed,
leaping through the stone.
I can scent now the upland heather bloom,
snatch petals that pastel my heart,
see the purple hue that I will bedrench.
Watch me chase silver slanting salmon,
over whom my current has no dominion.

I am water
and I am life.
     I am RIVER!
and I am nearly home.

Hear my voice as it trembles over pebbles
whispering with a silence like
the echoes in the weeds I move through,
sprinting for the sea.
I can taste now the seafront salty air,
catch crystals that dissolve my soul,
see the boundless blue that I will become.
Mind me catch verdant sleeping samphire,
over whom my current has all dominion.

I am water
and I am life.
     I am RIVER!
and I am come home.