CHANGE
Desperate for change
the almighty river never lets her guard down
And for this we block her banks with intoxicating concrete
Never realizing that in trying to stop her oh so precious
overflowing,
we destroy our very being
We no longer can vision the utopia meant to be
Iron clad locks and festering waters are screaming
in our face, such a familiar place
Though to many she is the unknown, the don’t know
that keeps flowing on and on
Her once clear fresh water teeming with protein fish
now sheltered and concealed from peering eyes
No more a sight for sore eyes, but
assault us with each glance
She never rests and only lets us guess what happened to
her glorious sandbottoms
Now we know
we are falling to perdition without her guidance and nutrients
to nourish the weak
In the future she’ll be again the queen that reigns over our
precious Southern California
Los Angeles River, you will be again
a 3-fold paradise dream making all
whole again…
- Jackie Leon