• Sparkling blue waters
    filled with life.
    The water hole for
    animals and humans alike.

    From the Blue Mountains it comes,
    pouring into the dams.
    Fresh water, pure water.
    food is ample where it flows,
    but not anymore.

    Now where we are
    No blue water filled with life.
    No more water hole
    for anyone.

    You can walk where it used to flow.
    You can see the cracked earth.
    You feel the death seeping out of the dirt
    and on to the surface.
    You can no longer hear the birds chirping
    You can no longer hear the frogs croaking.

    And yet you ask me what happened?
    The neighbours got too greedy.
    They redirected the water away from us.
    They took our life source away.

    And now they ask what happened?