The water doesn't know <br /> <br />itself <br />as water <br /> <br />and when I turn away <br />peels off the name <br /> <br />I've given it. <br /> <br />It is <br />only <br /> <br />the <br />itself <br />of <br />its <br />self. <br /> <br />Human names <br />tire it <br /> <br />it has to spend <br />so much time <br /> <br />peeling off all the names <br />that defile it. <br /> <br />'Why don't humans <br />just let it be! ' <br /> <br />'Why have all this need to name? ' <br /> <br />Weary the water <br />puts up with us. <br /> <br />'Splashsplish! ' <br />the child <br /> <br />blesses it <br />with sound <br /> <br />and even <br />the water smiles. <br /> <br />'Now that's more like it! ' <br />it thinks.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-the-water-thinks/
