DOWNSTREAM? Or UP?

The current of life flows only one way:
-from youth to age
- from rapids to reflecting pools
- from adventure to admiration
- from concern to complacency
- from questions to answers
- from excitement to accomplishment
- from curiosity to contemplation
- from beginning to end
as we float comfortably down-stream.

But, will I ever outgrow the voice
that calls me
to the struggle of the up-stream swim?

5/4/2008 - mshr