By Joy Tobechi Ojuka
She is big, she is wide, she is long but not tall.
She is reflective, neutral, humble, beautiful, good but can accommodate evil.
She can be invisible but yet clearly visible. And with her very
intrinsic colour, she is tasteless and odourless but unarguably sweet.
Looking at her miscible characteristic nature, I remembered what my
mother told me about her birth: "she is produced as a by-product of star
formation. When stars are born, their birth is accompanied by a strong
outward wind of gas and dust. She is a star!" My mother said to me with
an air of acquired wisdom.
When she is poorly handled and in a bad sanitation area, she is deadly.
When in fury, her brows crinkle into a frown. She turns red, her breath
short. Ugh! She'll be filled with terrible rage.
According to report, some five million deaths a year is caused by her.
Conversely she can be kind, meek and will certainly lighten up the
people around her. Oh, how I love it when she is happy! She glows, she
sparkles - she is beautiful. Her eyes glint like diamonds, her entire
body clean and fresh like a beautiful blue of the colour of a cloudiness
sky.
She is an attractive paragon of excellence. There is always an air of
soothing relief, content whenever she stepped out. Many find her sound
and appearance to be calming, inviting and adoring.
She is illustrious and satisfying. She is mentioned numerous times in
the Bible, for example: The earth was formed out of her and by her.
In the Qur'an it is stated that "Living things are made of her" and she is often used to describe paradise.
She is also taken as a role model in some parts of traditional and
popular Asian philosophy. James Legge's translation of the Dao De Jing
states that "she is the highest excellence achieved on earth. Her
excellence appears in it's occupying, without striving (to the
contrary), the low place which all men dislike.
Hence (her way) is near to (that of) the Tao" and "There is nothing in
the world more soft and weak than her, and yet for attacking things that
are firm and strong, there is nothing that can take precedence of her -
for there is nothing (so effectual) for which she can be changed."
As I watched her move in waves, she smiled back at me with her vivid
blue eyes. She has a youthful appearance, clear smooth skin which
influences perception of beauty and physical attractiveness.
She is a classical vision of beauty, absolutely flawless!
She is snowy, she is pure... She can drizzle, freeze, hail and rain. But
can only come in three states: Solid, Liquid and Gaseous...
She is water.