Water

Do you ever think about water?
I do.

I see the fresh water droplets,
Recently fallen from the clouds above,
And marvel at the natural processes of our planet.

I also contemplate how just a few days ago it was 100 degrees in the city,
How we have had two hurricanes in as many weeks,
And how my family is prepping for the unknown, as they lay in Irma's path.

Houston is wet.
Houston is a swamp,
Houston isn't Houston anymore.

Death in the Caribbean,
With the US mainland bracing for another round from Mother Nature.

Harvey and Irma,
Monsoons and Floods in Mumbai,
Trump and climate change.

Denial runs deep, and death is the cost of our negligence.

WTR
9-7-17