Jiko’s mystery

There once was a boy named Jiko
Who possessed a great vessel
He knew it was such
Because they told him such

He decided to fill his vessel
Using water from the nearby river
But the vessel could not be filled
Regardless of the tireless volumes drawn and poured

Jiko thought, “How could this be?”
And stopped what he was doing to reflect
“How could such a vessel exist?
But everyone has commented on its greatness”

“So if the vessel is true
How could such water exist?
Everyone has observed its qualities
So how could this be reality?”

Notes: Jiko (Self).

Image credit:
Seti I. Worshipping Osiris, Isis, and Horus (1884). The pharaoh Seti offering urns to three Egyptian gods. There are also hieroglyphs in the background. Original Source: Loring, W.W. “A Confederate Soldier in Egypt”. Dodd, Mead & Company: New York, 1884. p. 160a.