Water's Life, and Seems Alive

Waves on the rocks a'crashing In it human feet go splashing And elsewhere in the swollen river 'gator tails go thrashing Water may be stagnant or it may be thus moving Sometimes softly dripping at times forcefully gushing In brooks babbling In streams gurgling In springs bubbling In rivers running From faucets freely flowing or from pipes coercingly spurting At times noisily sloshing But in lakes musically rippling In it diving and wading In it refreshing bathing Or spic and span cleansing, rinsing In it slow sailing or speedy surfing Fishermen fishing or busy boating Ah water, through cracks seeping From waterfalls cascading As rainwater splattering From sprinklers sprinkling. From hoses spattering From rooftops streaming. In whirlpools swiftly swirling From taps simply trickling Elsewhere rushing, whooshing Ah yes water is life, water tis a böon except when it goes flooding, drowning or tsunami sea-quaking! Then only it becomes a bane as it drags dreams and dreamers down the drain! But oughtn't we be preserving instead of forever polluting This precious liquid so valuable to life Oughtn't we be saving? Instead of negligent wasting?