The waters rose, threatening havoc,
fear, destruction, calamity.
All grew quiet. The water crested.
A gasp for breath. No escape.
"Victim Drowned", would read the headline.
"Old man gone, swept away."
Not a trace of his existence
could be found when they searched that day.
Baptismal river, raging torrent,
scoured the stains that marked a life.
Baptismal river, death for certain.
Pulled him under until he died.