Estuary

Estuary

Marriage like an estuary,grows,
Where with the the tide of time,love ebbs and flows,
That through this constant cycle of flood and drought ,nurtures new life,
Provides a bedrock for for the young to learn, through the plenty and strife,
The river and the sea meet to provide a sanctuary, a launching site,
For the young ones to grow and explore the ocean wide,
But what does the river and sea,
Gain from this marriage ,the estuary?
The river that journeyed far, sprightly, broad and stretched to reach the sea,
How could the vast mighty sea, bound in this little inlet, contained be?
For in the end, it is not about what you got,or what you sought,
But what you gave and what that gift begot.

--shubha