I like myself well

I like me true

but

I would like me

better . . .

French philosopher Gaston Bachelard explored the philosophic and poetic values of water, liquids and fluidity in his book Water and Dreams - An Essay On the Imagination of Matter.

In An Ocean of Purity, Frank Prem interprets Bachelard's explorations of the poetic element water, decanting the vivid imagery contained within the philosopher's work into new and accessible free verse poetic storytelling forms, bringing each story to life.

drop by drop

time must fall

and melancholy

holds its own duration

hour by hour

the river flows

steadfast