Elemental – NaPoWriMo #21

Water, Earth, Air, and Fire,

Building blocks

and also, demolition tools.

Both the over-abundance

and the withholding

of these materials

can destroy

anything,

everything.

So why do we not take more care

of the ways we use  

them?

And, of course,

they often remind us

of the many ways they are

beyond our control.

“Humans,

you are not

Masters of the Universe or

Rulers of the Planet or

Lords of the Land,”

they seem to me to say.

We have our place,

along with all the other creatures

amid beautiful,

terrible,

wonderous,

grand, and humble mix of

Water, Earth, Air, and Fire