The Shape of Water

Water in liquid form 
is shapeless; it flows and crashes 
like Bruce Lee once said.

          Impossible to shape by hand;
               though it mimics the shape
                    of what its poured into
                         be it a cup, a teapot, a bowl,
                              an ice tray, to name a few.

However, water in solid form,
frozen into ice below 
0 degrees centigrade,

          becomes whatever shape
               one wants it to be.
                    Some ice sculptures 
                         take the shape of castles,
                              animals; birds like owls

Water in the form of snow
is tantamount to wet clay 
in the palm of one's hand. 

           One could mould fallen snow 
                into a variety of shapes;
                     a ball, a bell, a triangle.
                          Isn't it amazing
                               how malleable water is?


Submitted for...
The Shape Of Water Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: craig cornish
Date written: 06/23/2021

perspectivetruthwaterfree verse

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