From a closed brass tap
hangs a diamond drop
wobbling , a distorted sphere
refracting the light of a
forty watt bulb
dispersing into seven colors
a dancing wavy necklace
Fluttering within the drop.
The trance is broken
as the drop as a perfect sphere
drops yet so slowly, gently hitting the floor
of the watery surface of a filled bucket
and the surface ripples in joy
as it knows even the
flowing water is bound by time
only the last drop can capture
that one precious instant
before its final fall.