Flood

Three saline drips stretch imagination,
taut, strained between limbs, ferocious
in their youth and promise of tomorrows.

Canulated, feed lines pole dance
frenzied urgency, woven in thought,
limited space, heartfelt plea, saving hands.

Water, bearer of hope, carrier of disease,
principle of being, you swept our now,
we, drenched in fear: bring us life,
bring us ease.