Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Water

I am earth
water my companion
daughter water sign
her father water sign

I desire water
drink to live
beside water
see colors

sea colors
mystery in water
what hides beneath
reflected in light

I love the sound
roar and crash
slap and trickle
splash and drip

in flight the ocean
looks like epidermis
on my arm as I twist
my wrist like waves

I feel sorry for fire
quenched by water
subdued I wish I were
water to my fire mate

Written for Poetry Jam
Prompt "Water"
http://poetryjaam.blogspot.com/2012/06/water.html

10 comments:

  1. I enjoyed the wordings in this poem, Willow. The 'see colors' and 'sea colors.' I love thinking about people who are water, fire, earth...as well as the qualities of water itself! Oh, that we could quench in others what they need quenched!

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  2. I love water too...any form.

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  3. I like this ... it has a Native American chanting feel to it.

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  4. Powerful image of the sea as epidermis.......love your opening lines especially.

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  5. nice closing stanza....i like the roar and crash of the water it is beautiful music to me...nice spin on the water...smiles.

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  6. But both water and fire need earth! Nice write!

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  7. I like the sounds and colors here of the water ~

    That last stanza was most revealing ~

    Nice to meet you ~

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  8. I like how you went in the direction of astrological signs for this. Great poem!

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  9. Willow, this is lovely, profound, and so you. Love it.

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  10. Beautifully woven. I know how you do love the water and you can sure feel it in this poem.

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