Fearful Longing

Fear and connection
scorch common ground:
each would rather
be like fire
than water.

"Hello, clouds.
Please rain up and
out the top to the sun
so we can get back to blue
and all that heat."

Looks away
refuel these blazes
like untended bonfires
discovering
the building next door.

Both forget fast
the steadfast principle:
changes of state
enable one
to forget oneself

being as become.