Through difficult and easy times alike,
the river keeps journeying on,
towards union with the sea —
vast and ever-restless.
For ages beyond counting
the river has awaited this meeting,
yet she carries a quiet fear:
that she might lose herself entirely,
that her own song might dissolve
and vanish into the sea.
And in the end, she becomes lost
in a single, tangled doubt —
the outcome of this merging:
Will her sweetness be enough
to sweeten the ocean’s salt?
Or will she herself
turn saline in the embrace?
