A SPECTACULAR SPECTACLE

        A Niagara  Experience  

 

                                                                                    

Water a solvent for many a liquid drug  to save a life,

Best medicine for many an ailment in many a show, 

Quenching the thirst in summer, soothes us in winter, 

When it pours  down, it is called rains, falls or snow.

Rains do hamper, snows disturb the movement, 

Falling  from a height, a sight oft fascinating,

Many a time a hard rock overlies a soft rock beneath, 

Creates an erosion  time and again  forming  a step.

Repeated erosions undermine the softer rocks below, 

Flow of water speeds the force in height and width,

Year after year this creates a wonderful spectacle, 

 A natural wonder we see and enjoy  as water falls.

One such falls straddles two countries, so strange,                 

Glaciers, great lakes, and the retreat of ice sheets, 

Tens of thousands of  years enabled its present show,

Spilling six million cubic feet every minute, a wonder,                                   

                                                                              

Sandwiched between cities of Ontario and  Niagara,

A sight to behold, three offspring’s  contained within; 

Horse shoe Falls, highlights the Canadian  domain,

American Falls, Bridal Veil  share the American pride,

Tourist far and wide, swarm to witness a great show,

More one watches this delight oft in stunned silence.

More are we proud of  the nature’s splendid wonder,

Such gifts of nature  linger in our memory  for ages.