River Carry Me Away
Oh river, carry me away.
Far, far away;
Nothing is left for me here.
With your cold, rapid waters,
carry me quickly away from here.
Over the many rocks I shall not notice;
the waters chill my skin until I’m numb.
Carry me away to a better life.
Anywhere is better than here.
With your swiftly charted waters,
oh river, carry me away.
30 Comments
Alex
A free verse poem huh??? Are you trying to run away from who or what? Anyway, we all felt like this one time or the other. This is very good and really cool.
David Tjoe
Hmmm, this poem seems to show someone who was desperate in his life. And hope there is a miracle to change it for the better. Hopefully I am right :).
Joe Moore
A very nice poem indeed. This poem has enchanted me and it is so nice to the ears.
Wilson Jake
Oh Thomas of many talent. Lovely poem, I am thinking of turning it to a Christian poem adding some Christ/Lord into it☺ï¸
brainedet
This peom is really lovely, I like the ryhme of it. I like how you compose this. Good job
Angelo Bugay
That was great. I also love your poems just like your photos.
Prince
Wow, so touching; I should God can just carry mr into another place where no pandemic is; where I can visit my friends and hug as I wish.. I love this poem
Meldred Judith
A very wise thought and a nice poem. It gives inspiration to our life.
conrad pranze villas
Being able to compose a poem greatly describes a person. You are indeed well versed with a knowledge so profound that, we your readers enjoy and gets inspired from it.
Miracle Athena
I guess some of us got the same feeling even for once in our lives. Thank you for sharing.
K Dorito
I the river would carry me away, I wonder where it will lead me. I hope for a place better than where I am now.
jolly555
I need a better life and place too, I wish I will have someone carry me there. Nice poem Tom
David Mureithi
At this time of the year, everyone is hoping for a good life with no stress. Life has become so hard.
Danielle M
I forgot how many times I felt exactly like the words in your poem… thanks for sharing Tom
Clarissa
This is great poem, as if it’s easy to run away with everything. An escape to difficult times. How I wish escape is easy.
Maury Cheskes
Sometimes we all want to be washed away. I like to think when we die our soul gets carried away to a new life-form.
Oyeyipo Oladele
This is a lovely poet Tom. Your creativity sense will not die. Bravo my choice man.
Derek Pringle
It is a fantastic and a cool poem. The best aspect in it is that it has the creativity in it.
Glad
Quite a lovely poem I must say. I hope to be carried to a better place, a better life, but not death not now.
Roy
This is a lovely poem. I’d like to see more of your poems.
Meg W
I can see the deeper meaning of this poem. So very touching!
Patricia
I like the rhyme scheme. It is a simple yet powerful poem.
Oliver
I feel like the poem is not complete. Where is the rest of it?
Daphne
This poem is written from the heart. It is an expression of deep sorrow.
Teddy
This is the first of your poems I have read. I must say I’m impressed!
Louis
The title is very apt. Truly descriptive of the poem.
Shantel
We all have those days. Sometimes you just wish you could go away.
Anderson
The poem has a sombre mood to it. You must have been sad when penning it down.
Storm
Such a lovely and beautiful poem. You should publish some of these.
Sylvia
Thank you for this touching poem. I can relate to it on a high level.