'The river' (Prose)

On the 20th of April, I wanted to begin a project which would involve writing creatively every day for thirty days. I wrote on twenty days, which is better than nothing, I suppose, but have chosen many of the writings from between the 21st of April and the 4th of May inclusive to post here, to see what people think of them, to invite comment on them. Hope there's something you like amongst them. :)