Because I Can

Because I can.
Because you couldn’t.
Because they said we shouldn’t.
We popped off.

We are the signal flares.
I’m the reagent.
You’re the oxidant.
Our engines take a universally compatible fuel source
Of everyone else’s shit.
All our welcome in our warm embrace.

We burn with the phosphoresce of final moments.
We arc in the sky in portentous tangents.
No explosions or grand finales here.
We burn.
The oceans may try to squelch our blaze.
But we burn
Hotter than Grecian fire.
We are the alkalais in water.
We are the hydrocarbon film.

Because you can.
Because I couldn’t.
Because they said we wouldn’t