Your poem caught my attention and drew me in and held my attention. Your first sentence, or two lines were great. I used to go tubing down the Salt and the Verde in Arizona. I've never white water rafted, but I've white water tubing. Not the same I know, but similar enough for me to really get off on your poem. You give a good mental image, maybe because I've seen it, but you did well.

I do like the repetitive form. It's a short pause to think and feel.

I love all the verses but the last one has an extra pull of feeling. Different word grouping, 'lifetime's symphony' 'I am strong'. You show us that strength shows not in just the ability to do the skill, but the emotion that emanates from it.

Thanks so much for sharing this with us.
love, LinnAnn