Fallen

The power and feeling is too close to be
Really understood. What keeps them
up in the air? That is the question
Most often asked. No one ever asks

What brings them down. Maybe the
Question least asked is answered more
Easily: the answer is all around us.
Noise pollution clutters their senses,

Air pollution drives them earthward.
We pay them little heed though
The two fates are intertwined. The
Same forces that push them down

Pull us down as well. Heaven does
Not entice us... Hell does not
Scare...and the earth holds
No promise.

1999