Transformation Xvi

Transformation (XVI) Do you think you know water because you drink it? It’s not just chemistry, hydrogen and oxygen molecules… yes, its nature is fluid and its texture is wet, these are what the senses know. Water has no steady-state, it can be frozen in matter or be the dancing clouds, it transforms based on the environment; changes to stay balanced… To the arrogant fish, water is life and death, to know anything else is useless. To the self-centered garden, water is a blessing and a curse; it doesn’t make judgments like good or bad, it only knows that it craves it. The gardener notices mercurial drops of rain staining his kale leaves and he realizes that gold is the currency of Men but the Master prefers silver, like water, it is present in the sky and the earth. Have I not taught you anything, young silversmith, about water? Is there nothing here, in the words of a blind man, to inspire you? Do you know water well enough, White Feather, to make it rain? Only then will you truly understand it. Words: 182 2/13/17