Ray's "River Fall" watches a hammer drop silently through the air toward a waterfall, and the poem is really about what happens to a quiet place when something foreign breaks into it. The first stanzas build calm: the waterfall is "soothing," the wind snores through the leaves, and the water gently "leaves path to unknown." The speaker seems to be a still, attentive observer, almost lulled by the scene. Then comes the loud "SPLASH!" and the hammer lands, disturbing nature "for a little moment."
What stands out is how quickly the disturbance passes. Nature returns to "being, / Living," and the closing lines describe something with "no end with no beggining." The speaker seems to feel a mix of reassurance and unease. The natural world absorbs the intrusion easily, which is comforting, but the last word, "Lurking," adds a hint of mystery. The spaced-out lines also mimic falling and drifting, so the mood is meditative, hushed, and slightly eerie.