Ode to Water

Water, such
clear pristine liquid
Sparkling drops
like rhinestone gems
dance and jump and bounce.
Fall gently
washing off the dust
of all messes
Drops fill glasses
Frozen it chills
ice clinks glass chimes
Such cold
gentle syrup
slides down my throat
My tongue is coated
my mouth not dry
I taste the ocean
I taste the puddle
the glacier and the raincloud too
Listening
to the pitter patter
of a storm
Within my
deep
cold
glass of water.