Order The Elements

let’s not presume

that I’m the only one

who sees the magic

coming in like a storm

you command the couch

as if it were a mountaintop

I scrawl incantations

but you order the elements

from the grain of the wood

from the source of the water

from the heart of the fire

you raise the wind

and I’ll fold leaves

into flying ships

to send you

a thousand messages