Water Poem by Kevin Mireles

While waiting for his son on a visit,
she speaks nonsense:

"You're a loser, a worthless piece of shit! Not worth a damn. Look at you, sitting on your ass! "

From her deflated, desolate oasis,
she belts:

"Why would anyone even want you around? '

Baby Mama smirks at the words so cunningly transcending.

She wails:
"What good are you anyway, if not doing what I want! "

He coolly responds:
"I am water! I move and flow
with every hate you spill,
every curse you spell.
I contour the shoreline
of all your emotion."

"I am encompassing energy,
like water, God's water.
which he blessed upon this earth
so others may drink
and care for one another."

"I am a reflection
of its sheer righteousness.
Blessed by he
who is more righteous."

"My Lord Father protects
his well of splendid water.
Giving substance to all those
who deserve a quench."

"And all those who do not,
shall drown in the water
of their own vindictiveness."

"So, I offer you a cup,
a seat, a talk.
Replenishing like water,
so also, can we be."

—Note from Poet: poem that explores themes of resilience, forgiveness, and the power of perspective.