The notebook series 1. The river

The muddy swan's linger on
The coffee coloured river. 
They stretch and fold their muscles 
against the westerly weather;
That wracks shifts and stiffs 
upon its skin in ripples . 
Above the cluddy clouds roll 
In clumps: grey steel clouds.
they behave like teenagers scoffing 
at the people whom are wind ripped below 
and whom hide their pain 
with clouds within their minds