Fragments

Split by Flame

He tried to show me

What breaking looks like

He pointed at all the cracks in the sky

And said that the end was coming

I smiled and said, "No, those are just

          the gaps between the clouds."

He tried to show me

What screaming looks like

He pointed at the light

That split through gray skies

And said the world was enraged

I smiled and said, "No, that's just

          The sky and the earth meeting."

He pointed at the tree, split by flame

That seared from their greeting

And asked me: "What, then, is that?"

I told him, "That's just what happens

When unattainable hope calls

To an immovable force,

          and the immovable force seeks to soar