Earth and Fire

I see you look into me

Confusion and flashes of thunder

You told me

“I always get what I want”

I think what you want is too close to the ground.

Before, I would have tilled and toiled

For you, with you

So I understand the dismay.

You're stretching to reach

My flickering shadow

Dawning on the realisation

That i’m in the air

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You’re smashing your foundation into timber

Setting them alight

To make smoke signals

Hoping they turn into clouds

that some gesture you make

will compel me back to earth.

I don’t think you will get what you want this time

What you want, and where you want me

This time

Is too close to the ground