Hot and Cool
By Henry Coldnight
Once upon a time, Water met Fire.
Water said to Fire: You are
over-the-top, irrational, emotional,
and out of control!
Fire returned: Who are you
to judge me? You don't even have
a mind of you own.
Thus, Water fought Fire;
day after day, night after night,
they fought. Until one day,
they realized what they had done--
tree, mountains, and oceans,
rocks, valleys, and lava seas,
all mixed together; gone
was the original peace,
in its place, a new kind of
harmony emerged.
And all the riches now on one
so-rounded rock.
Wow, look at that! shouted Fire.
I see, what is this I'm feeling now?
Happiness? Excitement? wondered Water,
Ah, it doesn't matter. This is great.
But Wait! barked the Maker,
Don't stop now! I'm not done yet...
Oh, now it's too late...
It's a shame that
Human didn't fit on that rock
because now we are going to have to
break it
and make another one.