Red River

• Rachael Hamilton, Grade 11
• Poetry
• 2020

A red river runs to the edge
Where one land becomes five,
Each going over a ledge
Sends the rivers into a dive

The journey’s straightforward
Lands carved by history,
Through valleys of dark red
And white ranges of mystery

The red river was once one
But now splits into five,
Down the scarred land they run
And into darkness they dive