Wide and wonderful, the river bends,
Curling, winding, stretching far—
Long and lazy, a sojourner,
Winding through farmland, towns, and cities,
Leaving richness in its wake.
Once a beast of burden, now tethered,
It flows ever onward,
Mirrored sunlight glinting,
I shield my eyes to see
The distant shore
Across the wide Missouri
Wide and wonderful, the river bends, Curling, winding, stretching far— Long and lazy, a sojourner, Winding through farmland, towns, and cities, Leaving richness in its wake. Once a beast of burden, now tethered, It flows ever onward, Mirrored sunlight glinting, I shield my eyes to see The distant shore Across the wide Missouri