Well witcher
Brought life from the top of a hill
That moments before lay stamped
Browned overlooking the salty blue
Where the Tunitas makes its way
"Small" life long gone
Atop cracked soil of a reservoir gone dry
Two days rain
A watershed scale
Shown to those who know where to look
A foreign word to many
As faucets run
While teeth are brushed
And toilets flushed
"Water says this, 'Wherever you put me I'll be in my home. I am awfully smart. Lead me out of my springs, lead me from my rivers, but I came out of the ocean and I shall go back into the ocean. You can dig a ditch and put me in it, but I only go so far and I am out of sight. I am awfully smart. When I am out of sight I am on my way back home.' "¹