also appears on Break in the Clouds By Bonnie Paine Once I was a big drop of water I was in the desert I was in high, I was in high demand Saw you turn, saw you turn Turn away… Water came down Hit the dry ground Lost all the facts Slipped through the cracks Spread around Under and down Down through the ground Carry on Now beyond Passed where all the dancing rang like thunder After laughter and the music did resound To where the thunder became something Like the pulsing of the flowers Which is something like but nothing like The pulsing of the hours But the hour was one time because I slipped into a flower Recalled the time to climb the vine A honeysuckle tower I was water brought to lifted leaves Of daffodils and daylilies Drank into the grace of trees The aspen’s eye The willow’s weep That hung so low It touched below The surface of A still puddle Did I behold Reflection told Looking back at me The eyes of my body So I jumped in Back into my skin And sang this song Of where I’d been Once I was a big drop of water I spread around and became part of many living in the land Saw you turn, when I turned Turned away In the still In the still water And we’re still water