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Among humankind there’s one thing rife
It’s given to all, it’s hard – and it’s ‘life’.
Some, they say: “Do best you can”.
And others state: “Follow your plan.”
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The most important thing for us
more than food, embrace or a buss
is liquid, clear, without a taste
We need to drink, to wash and not to waste.
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It’s valuable, nothing we can miss
It’s life, it’s blood, it’s more than bliss.
Easy to guess what I talk about
Of course it’s water, there’s no doubt.
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It’s found in springs, in ponds, in lakes,
It’s hidden in rain and in snowflakes.
But there is much more and that is rare
The drops we hold or so we dare.
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Humor, it can make us laugh
when we tease and when we chaff.
Holding our belly, unable to quit
and roar with laughter at a wit.
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That’s one moment we produce
that amount of water, a priceless juice.
It’s rare and still it is unique
when it leaves the eye runs down our cheek.
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Even more invaluable is the other sort,
caused by pain, by fear or even tort.
To hurt someone no matter who
is cruel and mean – we know that’s true!
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That water drop which caused by pain
is all the worse when shed in vain.
No diamond on Earth will be able to pay
for this one drop shed that one day.
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It’s hope that dies and confidence
it’s joy been killed by no more chance.
Emotion directed by grief and fear,
and loss that caused this…
… one…
… sad…
… tear.
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(Copyright, February 2016, Aurora Jean Alexander)
