--- title: River of Life date: 2018-08-08T09:04:09Z modified: 2018-08-08T09:05:51Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/river-of-life/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 1863 categories: - Life Poems featured_image: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/river_of_life.jpg" featured_image_alt: River of Life author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2018-08-08T09:05:51Z tags: - Life Poems --- ![River of Life](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/river_of_life.jpg "River of Life") River of Life image by AnnMarieBone Here we are, in a predicament like never before, my life has a mind on it own, twisting and turning, unable to follow one path! i have tried to steer it towards a path, that i thought was full of hope and victory, but it was all a mirage, dark clouds hiding behind a [silver](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/silver-salvation.md) lining; life has a way and it has a [mind](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/backyard-of-a-mind.md) of its own, the twists and bends of the river of [life](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/seduction-of-life.md), seems to bring in darker clouds, one more portent than the other; i [rise](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/rise-and-shine.md) up, every time, ignoring the frustrations of yesterday, moving through the mist of today not knowing where it leads, not knowing what lies beyond the next [bend](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/bend-in-the-road.md) (future); [always hoping](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/always-have-hope.md) and coping with what life throws at me, looking forward with hope, to the next day a better tomorrow, no more dark clouds, is all I [pray](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/when-i-kneel-down-to-pray.md), my boat may crack, my boat may leak, as long as I can stand on my own two feet, i can resume my journey, towards the light at the end of the path; [image credit](https://www.deviantart.com/annmariebone/art/PAINTING-Life-s-a-River-452640150)