An Ax That Refused Destiny

the blade
has always
been dull

how it was made

never
good at
what it
was meant to do
or maybe it
was meant to do
something different

nothing at all

maybe this one ax
not fashioned to swing

maybe this one ax
cast only to sit
observe
the growth
and destruction
of the world around it

without ever growing too fast
without being destroyed too soon

for this one ax
perhaps
rust was the only fate