As Jagged as a Cracked Wave

​As jagged as a cracked wave,
Hard as a years-old kernel,
Empty, ragged, starving,
Tossing its head, ravaging,

Scattering lights and plants
That land like separate planets,
As this clock is a nameless happenstance
This marvelous hand

An aimless meteor,
As though this world lacked all mercy
At the center of each volcano,
As though each plain

Had no living underbelly.
Until a puling whiteness
Crawls across borders
Defying truth and fragility.