Poetry: Drop

Question

The storm starts with just one
Was it sudden?
Did it tense up and arrive at the last possible second?
Did it rush down so fast with its comrades that
To declare its uniqueness as being first is preposterous?

I wonder

The scarp is abrupt
Waves crash below
A second is the difference
Want to swim with the fishes?

Why

See the formations on the window
Collecting together
Like babes looking for warmth
Unable to handle the stress
They increase in stature until

Are they

It forms from the gash
Warmth and color
Beauty intensifies with size
A miniature pool
Ready to spill over

Minute

A penny is barely change
A single ant standing alone poses no threat
A drop of water in the ocean has no affect
But
A stack can change a life
An army can rise to defeat any foe
A wave has sunk many a ship
See the drop
See it fall
See the tension
See how much it took
The sacrifice
The effort
It's just a drop

To you