A Covenant of Water

Begins as a presence, a hovering

over the waters, a breaking open

of the deep, it becomes a promise

ratified by a rainbow of remembrance

set in the sky’s white vapors,

a remembrance not to the mist

that rises for a time above the lake,

nor the wisps of mists,

but a remembrance to the presence,

to the hovering, of what

it has promised, a covenant

of water everlasting.

This poem is submitted to the Warrior Poet Circle, hosted by Jason Stasyszen. To see more poems prompted by the word “covenant,” please visit Connecting to Impact.

Photograph: Sundog by Petr Kratockvil via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.

A covenant of water by Glynn2