The Water Tribe

For as long as human beings

Have had the means

To do so,

They have told stories.

The Aztecs.

The Bushmen.

The Comanches and the Sioux.

They all told

Their stories

Around a fire.

The rarest such tribes

Are the ones that congregate

Around and inside

Pools of warm water.

They have no formal names.

None are needed.

They come together only

On the nights of the Full Moon,

To soak in the warmth

And share in their glory.

Theirs are stories of similar

Bravery

And amazing achievements.

It’s not just the water

That binds them.

It’s the love of laughter

And the love of life.

Life flows a little better

In warm water.

The water tribes understand that.

They are the hidden population—

A nation of night and delight.