a rock is a rock, heavy, still as water, a softness
that can’t break up, or down
without hammer force
a rock that’s alive with fire is a meteor,
a metaphor, a phosphorous flare
a rock can’t drown, or be weighed down
the water embraces elemental things
to the core. rocks will fly through the air
from brittle tongues, but they come to rest, still
as water, when the target has not been met