Valency

Hear tungsten

hear steel

osmium

melting point 3030 C and above.

Be told of tensile strength

megapascales –

impermeable

unchanging

half life in the centuries.

But breathe and taste hurricanes instead,

typhoons on your skin

ozone and lightening

thunder that rumbles the earth.

You have tried.

understand, you have tried

to see strength in solid things,

in particles unmoving

but you are human

meant to change

permeable to earthquakes

eye of the storm,

unpredictable hands and eyes and feet walking miles.

The syllables of your existence is found on the fujita scale

recognized by wind speeds and damage,

maybe to yourself,

maybe to others.

But rebuildable

change for progress

infrastructure reimagined.

Osmosis

tidal highs and lows

tempestuous blood running red and cold.

Maybe you aren’t sorry

aren’t solid and strong,

maybe you are free,

right where you belong.