Human element

Breathing rough, the man runs tough
Through the briars and brush
 But his speed alone is not enough
He wants to  fly up through the green lush

He wants to fly
Up through the heavens
Up past the sky
And count his lucky three sevens

If he’s bright
And if he’s true
Then he will purge the sky’s great blue
But there is still more to do

A great storm has come
to consume the sky,
but this will not happen,
for he would rather die.

Down into the ocean's abyss he dived,
Awakening the ocean depth to help the sky,
So forward he purged the surface of a sea
Unsettled ocean lunged, storm unpleased.

Lightning struck down with fiery pride
upon the earth where no one could hide.
Forward the man flew, only a streak of blue.
With the ocean in his hands, he flew straight and true.

He gripped the sea as his whip,
and through the storm, the sea did rip.
Down the storm fell unto earth;
now a mist in its rebirth

"The storm," the man said, "has got its money's worth."
So tired and glum,
he returned to rest,
but to explain to his wife
is the final test.

Author's Note

I wrote this in my 8th grade year
it has a few flaws but i'm going to leave it as I found it =)

Reviews

[Steph]

i really liked it except the fact of how the rhyme scheme changed stanza to stanza, but i gess we all do that sometimes so it's still really good. it has a nice flow to it. great job.
~steph

[R E Tree]

This write really impressed me. I could never write anything like this when I was in 8th grade. It's so amazing how you have used words to create such a masterpiece I like the rhyming by the way

[chaotic katie]

i loved this it was nice i enjoy reading your writing great job

[Coyote Poetry]

I like the poem. When I was station in California. In the big storms we would go suicide board in the huge waves. The poem remind of the challenge. A very good poem. I like the feel and emotion of wanting to test life.
Coyote

[Randy`s Princess]

really thoughtful and thanks for the message of congrats I`m getting a big head BTW lol nice work I`m going to subscribe to you to