WaterAid Poem

By David Padfield

Tahmid
When the sun’s shining, d’you know what I like?
I put on my shorts and go out on my ….BIKE

Umar
I pedal away – not a worry or care
Enjoying myself out in the fresh…AIR

Zoe
It makes me so thirsty, so what do you think?
I stop by the roadside and have a good… DRINK

Jennifer
It’s really refreshing, you know what I mean?
‘Cos the taste of the water is so fresh and…CLEAN

Nasra
And, as I drink, it comes to my mind
In far-distant places water’s diff’cult to…FIND

Tito
The water is dirty and sometimes, perhaps
Some far-away houses don’t even have…TAPS

Chloe
People walk miles to find a good source
Then have to trek back where they started, of…COURSE

Jamaal
Most of these countries are so very dry
People look wistfully up to the…. SKY

Mia
Hoping that water will fall from above
Then that would really be something they’d….. LOVE

Ihsan
It might be possible, now and again,
To rush out with buckets and catch all the….RAIN

Maria
But buckets are small, they don’t hold a lot
They really need something that’s like a huge …POT

Robert
So here’s an idea which is better by far
The wonderful Rainwater Harvesting….JAR

Sara
Families should have them, I think they ought-er
They’re really quite big and can hold lots of …..WATER

Vanessa
They’d make such a difference – water for all
A gift from above when the rain starts to…FALL

Lou-Lou
So let’s pull together – let’s make a plan
To help these poor people as much as we…CAN

All
Don’t say “I might”, don’t say “I may”
Be firm, say “I will” and start from TODAY!