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Living water

We are connected in creation
by water which gives us life.

Tides move in our blood,
and on distant shores
our kindred lift their heads
in the salt air
and scan the horizon
for a trace of our mark on the earth.

Let our marks be gentle.
Let us respect the sacredness of water
which moves between us
as a blessing from the hand of God.

Yvonne Morland

Water

Water trickling down the hillside,
hiding under grass and stones,
brown as earth and soft as kisses,
tumbling, sparkling, free it goes.

Water trickling down the faces,
precious drops evaporate
on the silent heads of children,
water falling far too late.

Down the rivers water flowing,
endless cycle from the sea,
siphoned into busy cities,
lifeblood of our industry.

Water flowing deep beneath us,
buried in the earth and clay,