water tower

i am a water tower

heavy is my head

and when the land around you is dying

i will keep your fields fed

i will keep your belly full

i will keep your family whole

i am indestructible. the things with tiny bones

scurry round my legs

and they nag at me with their hopes;

little dreams for little heads. i wish i could clear them all

sweep them up combustible

burn them in a crucible. from their sacrifice a light

to keep you company tonight

keep you company tonight. snap them up like crocodile

retreat to river with a smile;

just to know

they won't

be bugging you anymore

that's a fair reward.