Soul Snatcher

Circling lower and lower... slower and almost stopped... Did they find something? They come for a fun filled day on the lazy Shenandoah... drifting along amid protruding rocks that willingly offer themselves up as natures waterslide.Visitors and locals alike relax back on round thin layers of rubber awash in the coolness of the river that carries them down......down..... lower and lower down stream. It appears around a bend where the river widens greeting her sister The Potomac. It's there where it takes place. These two sisters join as one and fight like all sisters do. What was once a lazy meandering river has now become a turbulent confluence. Boulders dislodged from flooding year after year have left her gouged and angry. She's taken many here and today takes another. Weak swimmers and seasoned rescue workers... she's not picky, she's just hungry. Someone reports, "my friend is missing"... another finds an empty inner-tube.... the call is made for rescue support. I hear the muffled thump thump thump of chopper blades in the distance. Do they sound the same for the missing friend who is now deep beneath that beautiful river?It circles lower and lower... slower and almost stopped... Did they find something? She always returns the body... it's only the soul she needs.