h20

by cherryreggaebayside, New York, USA

Sep 2012 1,037 Views 22 comments

h20

As dawn breaks, she can no longer wait.
The thirst is to great, to quench her palate.
A journey she takes, 10 miles straight.
Thru darkness she goes, a bucket she throws,
on top of her head.
Wild animals she dreads. Strangers lurking ahead.
Sweat covers her face, but with each step she takes.
A love of family awaits, left behind at her place.
An old rusty pipe. Just in sight. Cloudy stream of water,
opened to her delight!!

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Posted: Sep 2012

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Nuwahri61mackay, Queensland AustraliaSep 20, 2012

Hey Cherie .........sounds more like survival to me ........nice write .....regards n61

cherryreggaeOPbayside, New York USASep 20, 2012

For so many, it is survival :( ..thanks for your comment n6 deeply appreciated!!!

Poetnumber1St James, Port of Spain Trinidad and TobagoSep 20, 2012

Hi Cherry is she in the desert?

Lovely write my friend

M.M

cafetwo2010Harford county, Maryland USASep 20, 2012

Conjures up all kinds of interesting story lines dear. Sweet!

niah9Auckland, New ZealandSep 20, 2012

I have to smile at varied comments....water...so necessary, and we who live with bores and springs, understand pumps that come on and on with a drone.
I guess for us it is choice, for many, it is survival.....unusual but great write...loved it Kathy

cherryreggaeOPbayside, New York USASep 20, 2012

Lol...

Thanks m for your comment....I know it's kind of a strange thing to us....

cherryreggaeOPbayside, New York USASep 20, 2012

Very true cafe!! Ty for your comment, appreciate it

cherryreggaeOPbayside, New York USASep 20, 2012

Thanks Kathy...I had to smile to, but I read many stories on what some woman go through, in different parts of the world, to get water. It is hard to believe in this day & age & what you mentioned, it's just normal to us lol even just buying a bottle of water is not even a thought.

Really appreciate your comment. Makes me think about things, even more.

Xx Cherie.....

orientalkoruGlenella, Queensland AustraliaSep 21, 2012

I love it...I use to carry buckets of H2O as a young girl...we had no hose that was long enough to go around the garden...so.." a bucket we throw on top of our heads..."

LadyMorgana60Norwich, Norfolk, England UKSep 21, 2012

A lovely reminder Cherryreggae of a basic need most of us for granted.
Thanks for sharing

particolorInverell, New South Wales AustraliaSep 21, 2012

An animal attacks !!
So out with her OOZIE!!!
No need to panic !!
Everthings DOOZY !!!

Good poem Cherry!!

cherryreggaeOPbayside, New York USASep 21, 2012

Thanks orient

for sharing, as a child I visited family in carribbean. We had to do same thing. Thanks for comment

cherryreggaeOPbayside, New York USASep 21, 2012

Thanks very much lady morgana. Really appreciate your comment, so true about our basic needs & what we take for granted ty

cherryreggaeOPbayside, New York USASep 21, 2012

Thanks particolor, appreciate ur comment

makambaSt. Maarten, Dutch Carabbean, Netherlands AntillesDec 4, 2012

very nice, very deep, very yourself

cherryreggaeOPbayside, New York USADec 4, 2012

Thanks makamba:...appreciate your comment very much

bard76Risca, Gwent, Wales UKDec 25, 2012

this one got my heart pumping, wished it was longer..... awesome....david

Ladybee42East Liverpool, Ohio USADec 25, 2012

Hey there Cherry - I spent some time out in Zambia and saw this up close and personal and the consequences. It's a very complicated problem, not so simple as people think. The main problem is unless the village or community feel that they own any well that is provided for them - they'll never take responsibility for it

That means they won't maintain it or fix it or even contact someone to fix it! So the trick is - and not all NGO's have learnt this - to bring the community in on the construction of the well from the start. I'm glad you know about this, not many people do..
Happy Christmas Hunni,

cherryreggaeOPbayside, New York USADec 26, 2012

Thanks David, I'm glad you liked it.....just was thinking how privledged we are to drink bottled water...

cherryreggaeOPbayside, New York USADec 27, 2012

Thanks for sharing that info ladybee...I was watching a PBS story on that, we are so fortunate that we don't even have to think about these issues that affect people's lives on a daily basis, its our human right!!! It's just a very sad situation....thanks

NotLookingGoodDublin, IrelandFeb 21, 2013

A bad story well told. Bad in the sense of the truth of it, and how we forget (or sometimes accept) how others live. Very poignant!

cherryreggaeOPbayside, New York USAFeb 21, 2013

So true!!!!....notlookinggood!!!Thank you for your comment, appreciate it.....ITS hard sometimes to think on that level, when we have the Basic needs & more....abundantly more!!! I'm guilty at times...just a conscious thought...thanks for your heartfelt comment!!

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