Water of Life

Oh water of life
I salute you
With glass in air
I shout your name
As with smile
Emblazoned
Upon lips
I recite
As gospel
Your origins
Your heritages
Lineages
Those straight lines
That trace
Back
Through time
Into antiquity
Into illegality
And before
Lines
More defined
And straighter
Than I
Under your influence
Can now walk

Hic!



Terry Rhiannyr
December 2012