drip.........................drop.......................drip

Lemn Sissay

On Facebook said on the morning 31/5/12

Drip. How did we find ourselves casting the saviour of life as the enemy of the living. Drop

I replied -

without pure water we are doomed;

there is so little left,

spoilt and wasted by the rich boys

and fought over by nation states,

wrung from the poor,

drip drop

the percussion of a reminder

kicking up the scent of the place,

drip drop

counting the bars till the next rest,

drip drop

lest you forget

the time signature

of life's almost silent

beat