water
one word
a sentence by itself
subject
verb
predicate
water is life
water
within in a web of membranes
permeable cells and tissues
some, dense as bone
some, malleable as the tongue
water is me
water
a flowing current
elements bound in the valence
two of hydrogen
one of oxygen
the weak electro link
energies form a template
life's first splash
a beginning
water
the crèche in which our carbon nests
atoms morph...respiring
bacteria becoming...amoeba
breathing water, and later
much later...we creatures
animated
by appetite and desire
without which I am nothing
water
marks the parameters of being
I mean this literally
...technically
I take-up more and less space
...proportionately
to how much my body carries
it tells the story of my health
I plump-up as I retain it
I wither when it goes
whole when it is balanced
measured when it flows
perspiring...through my pores
it defines the extent of me...of us
the limits of the flesh, yes
and of where the flesh may go
we cannot live away far from it
