Looking down on the sun dappled river

I only saw the young people at the edge 

of the river after I posted the photo -

I had been looking at the river flowing 

from high up on the bridge, looking down river

always down river, the direction of flow

alongside sun dappled ripples, verdant green

I was captured by the beauty, and then,

I noticed them, the two young people at the 

bottom of the frame, a young man and woman, 

maybe lovers, and I thought of the future they 

had in front of them, that they were watching

the water at eye level, while I was looking from above

seeing much further than them, and I knew that

the end was closer for me, I could see it, but

their eyes could see no further than the dancing 

waves, the sparkle of the sun in their eyes.