Reviving the water lizard

 I began to revive the animal.
To give it life again.
It was a water lizard.
Born and living in a submerged old boot.

It spent it's days jetting through the small ponds.
Feeding on the millions of insects,
congregated in and around the lukewarm water.
When I pulled the boot I had no idea the water lizard was home.

I wet my hands and made the gesture of a prayer.
I took the lizard whose head protruded from the boot,
Out of the boot and gave blessing that the animal might recover.
It started to slowly wriggle and awaken, then looked up.

I positioned it on a root above the pond.
It moved at light speed forward and back.
Just eyeing me up and down.
A crazy kind of gratitude, before the animal dove back into the water.