By Dina Tamburrino
On a disk
I’ll hold water
Iron and steel
With Nature’s glory at my heel
For those in woe and weal.
Light will pour
From my extended hands
To lave the Darkness.
Ever in me is respite
From Misery’s starkness.
To me birds fly
And children flock.
Their innocent cares Misery mock.
My presence can be seen in the starlit sky,
A monument of strength for the weary eye.
I am One with Three;
Clouds and mist adorn me.
When Life for you is a crushing boulder and mountain,
Come to me and rest at my fountain.
Southwest resident Dina Tamburrino’s poem was inspired by the Bartholdi Fountain (Fountain of Light and Water) across from the U.S. Botanic Garden at 100 Maryland Avenue SW. The fountain’s creator, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904) is best known for creating the Statue of Liberty.