The Water Bearer

I had fallen

My lips were broken

From lack of the water of life

I laid on the earth, faint as a shadow

In the dessert of existence,

The will to go on evaporated

Down To the last drop

Wanting to leave

This thirst that was killing me

And I heard within my veins

The Water bearer

Singing

I am

                Not afraid

For I am

                Not confused

For I am

                Not dying

I am the Water bearer

And I am

Alive

For I am

Dauntless and sure

As the fall of water from a vase

For I am

Alive forever

For I am

The water bearer

Inside you, the porter

Carrying the water of your blood

With every step

Across the earth,

Who only  lives to pour out

All that is in my vessel

With so much water

That must be born

And given, given

I say

That only in the giving

Is anything finally understood

You must reach out and pour

And pour if you want to understand

What the water of life truly is.

I carry the secret of existence
Within your veins filled with my waters:
Have No Fear.