In celebration of Poetry in Your Pocket Day, during this Poetry Month of April, I recorded myself reciting this poem (in the above video) while kayaking on Crescent Lake. I became a drop of water one day I floated from a cloud into a high hillside creek And flowed downward to join a magnificent turquoise river The river rushed into an emerald oblong lake Where I greeted trout and merganser feet I filled the entire lake as all drops linked together I felt my body reach from one shore to the other As well as separate to myself, the original droplet After I had known fully my lake environ I streamed out to the bay, then rougher moving sea Joining currents stronger than me Carrying me to other shores and other beings I grew in knowledge, strength, and courage Finally after a lifespan, I recognized myself again For the water is me Fills me Nourishes me And heals me I became a drop of water one day And through it realized the essence of all creation By Laura E. Garrard, Copyright 2021 Feb. 5, 2021 [Top and Below Photos all by Laura E. Garrard, Copyright 2021]
Poetry In Time 