after Dr. Masaru Emoto
99% water at conception
90% at birth
70% in adulthood
diminishing glaciers
irritation of mercury poisoning,
anger—heavy, leaden
sorrow—a pool of aluminum cans
water in the narrows
between life and soul embodies
what we create—
a well of gratitude
harbor of cerulean clean
water– a brilliant record
memory that circles
the earth
not yet a wasteland
—
Megan A. Pastore is an award-winning poet and fiction writer from Chesapeake, VA. Recent publications include Nota Bene, Lightwork Literary Journal, Eat Darling Eat, Barely South Review, and poets.org. Her work is forthcoming in the anthology Letting Grief Speak ed. by Diane Zinna (Columbia University Press). Megan is currently enrolled as a Poetry candidate in Old Dominion University’s Master of Fine Arts program.
