Water
"Embody Water"
I write on my wrist
be fluid and flow
be gentle as mist
Babble like the brook
move calmly like streams
fall softly like rain
"Be water!" I scream
But water is fierce
violent and strong
it's quick to attack
but damage is long
which side of water
am I to become?
the kind to flow free
or pound like the drum?
But water is fierce
violent and strong
it's quick to attack
but damage is long
Favorite stanza of the whole bit. The dichotomy of water's two behaviors -- flowing sweetly and softly, soothing in its sound, but at the same creating destruction. You never know what type of water you will experience.
Same here! And this - "Be water!" I scream because of the irony or paradox: water falls softly like rain, and she screams "be like water." How did I overlook this for two months???