Answer:
I'm full of holes, yet I'm full of water.
If you drop me I'm sure to crack. But give me a smile and I'll always smile back.
I heard of a wonder, of words moth-eaten. That is a strange thing, I thought, weird. That a man's song be swallowed by a worm. His blinded sentences, his bedside stand-by rustled in the night - and the robber-guest. Not one wit the wiser. For the words he had mumbled.
I am the third from a sparkle bright, I thrive throughout the day and night. Deep in the path of a cows white drink. I've had thousands of millions of years to think. But one of my creatures is killing me. And so the question I ask to thee, is
A leathery snake, with a stinging bite. I'll stay coiled up, unless I must fight.
Brings the sky a lot closer.