Love Poem: A Once Steadfast Stream
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Written by: Andrea Dietrich

A Once Steadfast Stream

The mistress to her lover:

a once steadfast stream 
now flows dangerously low. . . . 
this valley grows dry

His reply:

at its mountain source
the stream takes what nature gives
hills depend on water too. . . . 
though valleys need streams
snowfall was sparse this season

 
for Debbie Guzzi's Contest:
"Love Talks"