I want to be water
mutable meandering stream
nourishing banks surrounding
trails carved in the dirt
I want to be water
so that flying missiles
break surface tension and
diffuse inside calm insulation
I want to be water
undulating the reflection of the sun
providing respite for blazing heat
extinguishing wild red fires
I want to be water
abundant yet scarce
found in all living things, but
difficult to extract and purify
I want to be water
so you have to go deeper,
deeper, darker into the unknown, searching
for secrets buried in the ocean floor
I want to be water
enveloping, saturating the brave
divers in wetsuits, materializing
in hidden caverns to come up for air
I want to be water
sweeping sediment away from one resource
only to deposit it in another place and time
facilitating growth down the road
I am water
vacillating between ice
and steam, forgetting
the tranquility of my natural state