10-the way it is

waters off antarctica

                                      and

dens of bears

                        are

questionable regions

                                      often

steered clear of;

                              unlike

canyon echoes;

so much more

tourist friendly,

                             so much more

doffing night

                        to

cries of wimpy discovery

                                             to

powerful punches

unable 

             to

empty the oceans

                                 or

fill the air.

                   fumes of the city

unite compass points;

                                        birds

bind landscapes

                              with

migrations;

winds

           come together

           coincidentally

                                    and offer

innocence and rain

                   when

no one asked a single cloud

for a story.