water

Scott Whitby, 2024

water can heal a needless divide

that is endless and deep

and it's not really what water does

but that we allow ourselves to see

water makes beauty twice as good

sunrise and sunset times two

a peephole cloud so God can see

or just a hole to show the blue

water can take us across the way

where big rocks above the shore

set the lady's brown eyes afire

and lets the rest of us feel her joy

water makes us come back

at least just one more day

to float and see and feel so free

one more sunset, one more memory