water

words like water
spilling over my head
the sounds of earth
falling onto the dead
the smell of cut grass
as it dies in the sun
the fate of a baby
whose life has begun

water like manna
it feeds on the meek
it caresses each corner
it buries the weak
it twists and turns
like a knife in the back
while smiling and dancing
it cuts you no slack

words like water
pouring out of a jug
it seizes the light
turns dry into mud
laughing and crying
it beckons and winks
everliving, no dying
no limits, no brink

blessings from heaven
that turn into hell
it kisses so gently
bewitching, a spell
she's a lady who lounges
and sleeps the whole day
she's languid and lazy
and come if you may
the lady awakens
and light flees away
she's a vireaga, a hellion
who needs her own way

she raves and she rants
frothing and flames
destroying the sands
destroying all names
and after it's over
she falls back to her bed
words like water
spilling over my head

4/mar/06