I Am Water

I am water.

People can see their reflections in me.

Sometimes they throw stones into me just to see how I will ripple.

I am water that joins the never ending stream.

I am water that people look in and dream.

There is a bench near by where I pass, and I often see couples beginning their courtship, or proposing to one another, or just enjoying the sound that I am making.

Because I am water I do not break, and unlike other living things, I do not die.

I keep on living.

People wonder where I lead with the mixture of me and oxygen-I make people breathe.

I am water that does not cease.

Even when there’s an object like a log in front of me.

I just go over effortlessly.

I am water where fish can swim.

In the end I am water where life begins.

© Mary Collins 15-05-2007

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