Cumberland Falls

The rippling of the river's water 

stands sometimes short and sometimes 

tall ,

just before it plummets with great fury 

over cumberland falls 

 

The water running over the falls 

sounds like a great wind blowing ,

but it's just water hitting water 

when it's flowing 

 

Where the river over the ages running 

has made very long hauls, 

cutting through solid rock 

leaving enormous rock walls 

 

A beautiful wild river that 

has never been tamed by man ,

it has always ran free 

ever since it began 

 

Giant boulders lie in it's waters 

though they hold fast ,

but the water just runs 

right on past 

 

Ever shaping their roughness until 

they are polished smooth 

and sometimes round ,

like a lion roaring and chewing 

away at them 

but at other times with a 

gentle and silent sound 

 

I see butterflies lighting in a pile 

at the river's edge ,

on a sandbar beneath the 

overhanging cliff ledge 

 

While a hawk rides the 

rising warm air currents ,

not even some rain and thunder 

in the wind for it 

creates any deterrents 

 

Birds diving from the air 

to catch bugs off the waters surface ,

everything on earth 

was created for a purpose 

 

At night on full moon's 

when the sky 

is clear ,

a beautiful moonbow 

over cumberland falls 

will

appear