Sweet Water Book Cover

Sweet Water: In Praise of Water

In Praise of Water

The colourless fluid
Flows in nature
Water is everywhere
In heavens and on earth
Water can damage in abundance
As well as in absence
One drop counts in the Sahara
One drop on a woman’s hair
Farmers pray for it
Water is in our cells
The base of all life
Precious in its essence
God provides it to all creatures
Some use it as a home
Others pay insurance
To protect themselves from it
A drop in the wrong place can cost money
As it did in my house this morning

Tesfamariam & Bini