we are the cracks that
riddle sidewalks
from which new life is able to grow
we are violent celestial explosions
that add one more speck of light
to the the dark expanse of space
we are tsunamis and hurricanes
tornadoes and floods
that sweep away the lives we have built
and bring the goodness lying within
mankind to our doorsteps

for without darkness
what is light
and without pain
what is poetry