Water wears away

Sound and Water

water is sneaky. also, patient, and insidious.
it’ll beat against you for thousands of years
in big waves
until it smooths you down
or breaks you apart.

or it’ll lie still in quiet pools,
and insidiously work
on the weakest
point

leaking

and

dripping

and moving.

and then when water does slowly sneak
inside, and lies in wait,
it can FREEZE and EXPAND with

TREMENDOUS FORCE and BREAK

(so water is sneaky,
insidious
and
patient.)

while SOUND is slippery
(and sneaky)

SOUND slip slides off every flat surface

SOUND double or triple slip slides..

skips from here
to there

(so you think what came from there
came from here.)

SOUND plays tag with yr ears
and lies
a lot.

plus, in destructive force, SOUND
(shatters)

whereas
water

wears away

— Smith & Lady, 2008