Crossing the Sea (Edit #1)

[Achebe]

Your river is cold
and it slowly cuts the land; .....while coldness can be associated with sharpness and sharpness with cutting, the overall connection is tenuous
its currents meander like ....coldness, cutting, meandering....the verbs are unrelated
a slithering cobra. ....already pointed out by others 

Hi Useless - others have already commented on how the metaphors and message of the poem isn't clear. Since this is in the 'fun' section, I suppose you aren;'t looking for anything detailed, but some comments above in any case.