water

by brian l. "buz" hembling - Libra

life is fluid
one minute a cool refreshing drink of water 
the next a teapot screaming to release pressure.

it is said, "a river runs through it"
no, it IS the river, ever flowing, ever changing
a mountain trout stream brimming with energy
a home for the wild, swimming against the current
endlessly striving to fulfill their role
overcoming all obstacles
savoring every moment
reveling in the challenge
they do not ask why, it is their nature

it is melting snow
springs bubbling from the depths of our mother
mingling to become one
continuously growing
sometimes overflowing
unable to be contained by "the rules"
there are no rules
it does as it pleases
making new channels
carving canyons
inundating broad flat expanses
unconcerned with "civilization"
which came long after the water
and will be gone in the blink of an eye
how insignificant is mankind

the river ends as a transition to what covers
most of this planet earth
yet end is beginning
the cycle continues

we are mostly water
subject to its whims
totally dependent despite our claims of sovereignty

water is power

water is fickle

a dry sandy depressed arroyo/wash 
instantly a raging torrent
here--gone

how sweet the taste of rocks dissolved
how bitter the absence

there is no beauty independent

without, there is nothing

Reason for writing:

    i suffer from depression.  sometimes i need to get away from
it all.  when i worked i used to go down a trail to hedge 
creek falls and lay on a big flat rock for serenity, 
listening to the falling water.  now i am disabled and can
only use my car.  the other day after a rotary meeting i was
feeling particularly agitated.  "put on a happy face" just
wasn't working.  i drove down to the dunsmuir city park and
parked by the sacramento river to let the rushing water wash
my funk away.  as the sounds soothed my soul, words came to
me.  this had never happened before.  i had to jot with a
short old golf pencil on a small note pad.  this may not be
complete...i don't know.    

Birth sign: Libra
Date created: 2001-05-19 23:18:40
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:44:23
Poem ID: 62937

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