Naming the Thirst

When we are bornthirst makes us cry

thirst surges through our arterieswhen the hormones hit

when we come to witherour thirst actually increases

for the tongue of touchthe dictionary of rain

we remember we were once lovedit was love that kept us alive

Then every facewas like the face of God

every berry in the bucketsweet to the taste

we were swifter than eaglesstronger than lions

when was thisit was in our dream

and when we wakeall gone but the thirst

It is dry heredry and cold in the rain of error

in the sandstorm of datawe can hardly see anyone’s

true face and we are afraidwe will die before anything

seriously changes but we believethe Shekhinah lives

we have onlyto turn to her