If I Were Water

by Lahab Assef Al-Jundi

I would want to be the oceans.

I use the plural, because

all oceans are one body

embracing our planet.

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Clouds would be created from me

traveling the world over

taking rain to all thirsty corners.

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Rivers would be born and renewed

bringing beauty to the landscape.

Sustaining every living creature.

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Tears would be made from me

speaking the silent language of hearts

when emotions overflow their cups.

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I would transform myself

into tiny droplets of dew

on blades of grass in Spring mornings

when existence sings of longing for the eternal sea.

LAHAB ASSEF AL-JUNDI's poetry has appeared in collections such as In These Latitudes, Ten Contemporary Poets and Inclined to Speak, An Anthology of Arab American Poetry, as well as many other anthologies and literary journals. His latest poetry collection, No Faith At All, was published by Pecan Grove Press.