Watering Time

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"All the water that will ever be is here right now, but it's drops cannot be held for long" - Author, adapted from National Geographic quote.
"Thousands have lived without love, not one without water." - W. H. Auden

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stepping I skid to my lips I sip on my boat I skip from my arms I drip I dive through I zip my hands grasp I slip bucket with leak won't fill my story doesn't hold water truth that's weak leaks out. water like time, slips, slides away, can't be held makes its way through cracks. with drips and drops it wears away a stone. wily water has a will of its own its goes where it wants to. you need water most when its gone when the well is dry you'll know how much its worth when it slips, slides, flows away with its drips and drops relentless singing along with time's ticks and tocks, counting and wearing away at life.

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