Spreading Branches

                             The crack on the wall began down below,
                             At the floor that it used for its support.
                             It is from here that the crack found its flow
                             And from this spot, it echoed its report.
                             The snap like a branch cracking loud and short
                             But the wall’s crack lived on- spreading branches.
                             The branches formed a tree nothing could thwart
                             And from the tree hung leaves formed by patches—
                             The patches attempting to stop or slow
                             The branches cracked by what they didn’t know.