I am Water

by Jacqueline Haessly  Global Spirituality Seminar -The Nature Place, Colorado
June 13, 1992

I am water.

I come forth as a trickle from the headwaters of the earth,
bubbling, springing forth, clear, crystal, life-giving.

I am water
gathering into pools and ponds, creeks and streams;
cascading down crevices; from mountain peaks;
flowing ever downward, outward
toward the rivers, the lakes, the sea.

I am water.
I touch the earth and I am one with the earth.
I am the life force of the earth and of all life
that shares space on this small blue planet.
I quench the fires that burn, then bring new life to the soil.
I am carried by the wind to the airs above,
only to fall again to nourish the land.

I am water.
I have flowed freely for tens of thousands of years.
I give refreshment to those who thirst.
I give cleansing to those who toil.
I give healing to those who hurt.

I am water.
Sailors and doves know the calm and the force of my power.
Animals lap at my shore.
Women wash in my streams
while children delight in their play.
All gather at my shores to share their stories, cleanse their bodies,
heal their wounds, and refresh their soul.

I am water.
I am bounded by dams,
and the people and the land thirst.
I am polluted by waste,
and the children have no place to play.
I am part of the new development,
and the women can no longer gather from the source.

I am water.
I have flowed freely for tens of thousands of years.
Once I was pure, clean, crystal, beautiful.
I gave life.
I call out to you.

I am water.
Cleanse me! Purify me!
Share me!
I am water!