body of water

 

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Water does not resist. Water flows. 
When you plunge your hand into it, 
all you feel is a caress.  

Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. 
But water always goes where it wants to go, 
and nothing in the end can stand against it.  

Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. 
Remember that, my child. 
Remember you are half water.  

If you can’t go through an obstacle, go around it. 
Water does.

—Margaret Atwood

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this is a photograph of me

   

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It is difficult to say where
precisely, or to say
how large or small I am:
the effect of water
on light is a distortion

but if you look long enough,
eventually
you will be able to see me.

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