I’m just tap water in your little glass
I have no personal being of my own
I alter,am not fixed, I have no lust
In the air I see the dust motes dance
I am nothing , need no frame nor bone
I’m like the water in your little glass
I shall not be hurt by avalanche
Neither will I suffer from your stones
I alter, am not fixed, I feel no lust
I have no solid shape but I am touched
By grief and joy and memories of home
I am the little river near the Pass
Unlike the Tees and Wear I never rush
Nor enter cold North Seas and turn to foam
I alter, am unfixed and feel no lust
Within the empty mind there dwells a poem
Wordless and unformed and near to ruin
I’m just clear water in a handmade glass
I alter,am not fixed in form nor class.
