Atha and Jasper

Athabasca Falls in Jasper

Jasper was so full of adventure and lust for life

It twinkled in the corner of his friendly smile

In the dappled light of the forest trees on the trial

His brown eyes glinted in the sunlight like his golden heart

Atha (Athabasca) was so chilled and relaxed

As she breezed through the hiking trial

Her long black hair flowing in the wind

And her blue eyes sparking with promised love

It was there on the trail upstream on that sun day

Atha and Jasper met accidently crashing into each other

Atha fell to the earthy trail, and Jasper raised her up into his arms

Held in a soft embrace their eyes locked in wonder.

The wind blew cool from the north

The sun shone warm from the south

Their natural connection drew their lips to lock

They fused together in deep depths of intimate love

But Atha is the river where the waterfall flows

Jasper was the man who slipped and fell in

The magical thrill of adventure was to tempting to miss 

Along the way he lost himself breaking as he fell for her.    

Atha tried her best to hold him together

She gave him rocks, earth and sticks to cling too

But it was too late, Jasper had to go with the flow

He disappeared over the falls and downstream

He waved goodbye with a bittersweet smile

Then he was never to be seen again

Many tears would fall, but after them all

Atha smiled for she knows where the river goes

It goes to a better place to a new life,

It’s a new beginning, a new journey,

She smiled and threw her past to the falls

She let it all go and she was free.

A rainbow shines through the waterfall

Shimmering with the magical refraction of happiness

In Jasper, at Athabasca Falls,

Atha and Jasper belong in peace. 

 Poem by Alina Shirley