Poems look so fragile

Like the petal of a rose

Seem so easy

To break

SNAP!

But they are STRONG

They support the

Weight of the words

They hold

The weight of the world

Poems have

The strength of an elephant

To take you across

A distant desert

The strength of a freighter

To carry you over an ocean

The strength of a hurricane

To pick you up and carry you away

but they look so vulnerable

YOUR EYES DECEIVE YOU!

And as the turbulence of your thoughts passes

You realize:

That weak poem knocked you off your feet.