If

The Elements

I am most like water.

Water is pushed and pulled to the lowest place,
But tries to help others float.
I can be rigid and frozen
Unrevealing.
Hiding parts of myself to be dug up by someone interested enough to find the real me.
But I can also be steaming hot.
Passionate and relaxing, while building pressure within my mind.

I can sometimes be like the earth.

Silent.
Patient.
Shifting.
A cold crust hiding a molten inside.
Jagged in some parts.
Smooth in others.
Every part of me is beautiful in its own way for those willing to appreciate me.

I am like fire.

Predictably unpredictable.
Raging and calculated.
Controlled chaos.
A living breathing beast.
Smoke rolling off my shoulders,
As villagers beg for mercy.
I burn them.
Slowly painfully.
Angrily.
I live in my embers.
In the dim orange glow.
I burst when someone or something gets too close.
My actions can cause irreversible damage.

I'm the least like the air.

I'm blunt and not sensitive like the air.
I can't often dodge around my obstacles.
If you tried to breathe my personality,
You would choke.
I must be experienced.
But, like the air, I am taken for granted.
But it's okay.
No one knows
How important
Something is
Until they
Lose it.

I'm all of the elements
Mixed in strange ratios making a hulking beast.

A beautiful
Caring
Smart
Sweet
Beast

A human being.

Author's note:
Hey, guys! This book isn't really going to be updated every day for all eternity. I wrote a lot of poems and was really excited to share them but I limited myself to publishing one a day so I wouldn't fall behind like I have with my other books. Be expecting a Thanksgiving update on all my stories!
Shout outs to prinrosevalintin  and TheOneTrueFry for being super supportive and sweet. Prin helped me get over my fear of posting these poems, being a poet herself, and TheOneTrueFry has always been supportive of my work. You should really check out their work. They're really great people with amazing ideas and stellar stories.
-Cat
(Did I really just use the word 'stellar'?)