Luz Marquez-Aviles

I Dream of Water

Water is so beautiful. 

Water is healthy. 

Water is so kind to Earth.

Water is the most important thing you need to survive.

Water that loves you.

Not the water that makes you sick and die.

Not the water that hates you. 

Not the water with lead in it.

Not the water that turns your house into trash.

Not the water that destroys the environment.

Not the water that kills families. 

But the water that is courageous to Earth.

The water that is shiny.

*** 

Thank You, Water

So much depends

upon

joyful water glazed

with

beauty beside the

time

that’s nowhere to

be found

in an ocean

deep

in the sea

where

it’s too easy

to

have new friends. 

*** 

Dear Water

I love the way you’re so kind to Earth

& the way you let Earth 

do everything with you and

your relatives. 

And thank you for letting me

use you for washing my hands, showering,

putting in food, drinking things, making

new things with you.

Your friend,

Luz