Waterfall

Sue Cartwright • 20 June 2026

For renewal, healing and the upstoppable force and flow of life

Wwaterfall - A Poem by Sue Cartwright, Spiral Leaf


Fresh clear water, roaring, ever pouring;

Crystalline clouds of liquid spray, falling;

Down, down from a precipice, extraordinary;

Powerful energy, constant motion, driving forward.


Gravity pulls life's essence into the Earth;

From rocky heights, to the belly of the river beneath;

Ever fluid, ever optimised for speed and stealth;

A call of Nature, drawn to the ocean's inky depths.


Tributaries merge in heavy rainfall, banks swell;

The pace quickens, levels rise, rivers spill;

A raging torrent, cuts straight through the hill;

Arriving at a cliff edge, where all is still.


Until, over it goes, seamlessly, without a breath;

Before crashing, booming, billowing, in a magical mist;

Forming sacred temples where Nature's Sprites live;

In harmony and healing, an indigenous kiss.


Sue Cartwright

Spiral Leaf



Thank you for sharing!

 for you, for me and for Mother Nature

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