A joy experienced never before

This noon when I revisited
the little earthen pot
that I've daily refilled
for so many years;
I saw a pigeon
quenching its thirst
with the elixir,
pecking its beak
at the fragile surface,
and the pearls
that dropped back from its beak.

Soon it was joined
by many of its mates
and they all drank merrily
and flew away.

I don't know why
but this gave me
a joy experienced never before
The joy of helping
a creation of the almighty.