Tale of two lives

Under the pressure of heights
And cold of mountain
Two drops took birth
To twinkle on the crown

From the top they rolled
Down and pure
To be part of a river
For a journey so vivid…so unsure

Down they found
A small village in greens
One drop wetted the hands of a priest
While another… dampened the fields

And down they saw
A town … blue, black and brown
One camouflaged in the greases of drain
While another evaporated to make some rain

Down they came
To the house of riches
One froze in their glasses of pint
While another quenched their thirst without a hint

And down they came
To the nest of poor
One slipped out through the leaky pail
While another quenched the thirst yet again

Thence they reached
To the shores of their destiny
One survived by the ships aboard
While another … set herself free in the happy waves

Thats how ended the two tales
tales of two lives
one surviving

and the one ... who lived!