Source of water, we draw from a well. It sustains life. It is like a spring that seemingly renews itself as it gives, without asking why, its most precious resource.
Going to the well is "women's work".
The summer solstice; it is the anticipation of the warmth of the earth, the beauty of a flowering world. It is a festival of brilliant ligh...
I like this one. I am curious the connection between the first and the last part. Part of me thinking that a woman is like a well in many ways, but yet here the woman is the one drawing from the well. This leaves me with questions. I like the questions.
ReplyDeleteIn one draft I did write "drawing from the well is women's work" but then thought the pun was over the top. Perhaps not.
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