What Would...

A poem about water and how important it really is.

 

What Would...

 

I open the tap.

I wash my hands.

Thinking of the plight

Of those without clean water

 

Just think of them

With no proper water supply

No proper sanitation

No proper drinking water

 

What would they give?

What would they give

For just one

Tiny little

Cup of

Clean

Unpolluted

Sterilised

Water?

 

What would they give?

What would they give

For just one

Chance of a

Nice

Clean bath

With

Clean

Unpolluted

Water and

Soap?

 

Then I realise

The tap’s still running.

I turn it off hastily.

That’s far too much water wasted, methinks.

Reviews

[Drake]

drake

A nice poem on raising awareness of just the value of water, and how those less fortunate will save every drop they can get.
Just because you and I might have all the water we could want doesn't mean that we should waste it. It's only respectable.

Good write.