Troubled Water

Troubled Water 

Troubled water flows throughout my veins

Waterborne diseases like cholera, hepatitis,  and e. coli  are some causes for my pain

Quenching my thirst for water to survive, I have been denied

Because drinkable water for the poor does not stream towards our side

Thousands of years we have survived by the access to our human right

Today access comes with a cost, but my pennies are just far too tight

Thousands of children are dying every month for reasons similar to my pain

For the very own price that far too many flushes down the drain

My sorrows, darkens the hope for tomorrow, because troubled water flows throughout my veins

Written by Nikki Rowe