Like a Basin

Water gushes out crystalline
And fills the trough full;
Splashes around the corners
Spraying grey-stone briefly.
Finger dips in veritaserum
Then dips in windy mouth,
And snuffs the fire of water.
Finger twirls and dances
In the tenacious still lake,
Swirling whirling, a whirlpool;
Before swiftly the water drains away.