once there was a day i forgot to watch the sunset
yet it sank all the same into the arms of the west















then every day was cloudy and i never saw the sun
yet the days were light, feeding me my meal rations


once there was a day i forgot to drink the water
yet the stream ran its course over boulders and falls


then the stream ran dry with summer dust and famine
yet clouds above me tempt us with promises of rain