- Gary Hunter
Water's Passion - June 28, 2020
if not to hydrate
parched bodies
or
find a leak
in the roofs of
miserable souls
then
to pour and
pour and pour
over a crazy world
slow the talk and traffic
and hope a few hear
the silence that drips
if not to hydrate
parched bodies
or
find a leak
in the roofs of
miserable souls
then
to pour and
pour and pour
over a crazy world
slow the talk and traffic
and hope a few hear
the silence that drips
when it’s all over will I return to the stream from where I came not in fin or web-toed nor sharp clawed from above or below without flash shadow or even a ripple but simply flowing making my way ho
Maybe I’ve just been feeling the weather unable to escape the relentless searing sun but you brought me upright when your voice threw me the shade of a fat summer cloud I remember the wonderful troubl
if I had three hands guess how many dogs I’d have and with two hearts who knows how many friends regardless I keep to a single resolution how many bridges can I build in one lifetime?