This poem is in 12 tiny parts.
And it's called, "Water Wheel."
It's really a poem about marriage again.
"Water Wheel."
"1.
Afraid of sleep the child asks for one more drink of water.
2.
You hold my face between your two hands
as steadily as if I were a cup about to spill.
3.
Remember this morning how the ocean's edge
unraveled at our feet, tangling us in its accidental lace?
4.
You said we know what water is, although we never
swim in other oceans.
5.
Sometimes I dream of sitting in a waterfall,
of letting it churn like white fur over my naked shoulders.
6.
It was fidelity you meant, the stillness
at the center of the whirlpool.
7.
The waves are taking our island inch
by inch, an army that will overrun us soon.
8.
You want a life as simple as a cup of rain, 9.
but see how my reflection wavers even in this glass.
10.
I think you throw cold water in my face to wash temptation out.
11.
The waterfalls of sleep tumble over us.
12.
I ask for one more icy sip of water".