Complication: Screaming River

Downhill all the way,
Time wasted all day;
What a harrowing trip
To the mountain bottom;

Washed away
By a valley stream,
Going flowing;
What a dream,

A nightmare in fact,
An apple cider fountain
Burns my tongue
And chills my bones;

Where am I going
With this?
I wonder
I hear thunder.

Oh no!
And the rains came,
Tumbling down
The waterfall I go;

Cascading balls of fire
And whirlwinds
Buffet the shore,
And the river winds down

Until it comes to the sea;
And I’m back on
The ocean again
Lying on a bed of kelp,

Calling for help,
‘Oh, great galloping Buddha!
What have I gotten
Myself into now!’