WATER CROSSING

As I step over a mud puddle 

from a heavy rain we had the night before I thought:

We are all water. 

It is inside of the little leaves on the trees 

inside of the animals that eat the leaves.

It is in the mountains that grow to incredible heights 

and get deathly cold at the top where 

there is no longer even air to breathe.

It is in the foggy mist, on erie winter mornings 

when it is beginning to warm. 

On rainy days in spring water is everywhere.