Elementary/Of elements/ It just had to be

For a fish to fly

and a bird to speak

For one to write

and another to paint

Not out of need

nor for greed

Not pure defiance

nor just being heedless

There is a way

there is a magic

in making necessity

unnecessary

In going past barriers

in breaking limits

nature wishes us

to be confined within

Evolution is a mere

name on the door

The game has been played

longer than

The Big Bang cared

to explode

Only so long could one keep

the elements

from finding their element

in being you and me