Sylvan
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
12:12 PM
Sultry sylvan sanctuary
Lily pads give witness to
Stillness otherworldly steaming
Scent of sea and swamp wafting
While a billion tiny hunters
Live short lives within the stew
Belching out from acrid water
Alchemy which nourishes the new
Vapors gathered silent as a
Blanket snatch away my breath
Ancient stands of floating Mangroves
Broken into tiny grains by time
While the detritus of ages
Floating on the mire of pitch
Squishes through my rooted toes
Life restored by Vulcan’s ancient kiss
Pond's surface mirror-like
Amplifies the slightest twitch
Froggy tongue reaching outward
Stick around for dinner, side eyes
Two small rings roll out
Across the water's face
A certain sign of dinner
To the stalker that awaits
The predator who lives
By eyes that see the slip
One twitch can give it all away
Motions slight and quiet sing its dirge
Drama here unfolds at the
Tip of Earth’s dynamic pyramid
Where ends the cycle begun
With the soul-searing majesty
Of the raw radiation and a
Million megatons of instant death
Rendered in a micro second
To the face of planet as light
Raging destruction meets the
Boundary of biosphere
Till atmosphere’s magnetosphere
Has filtered the deadliest particulate
Rays started from its heart
Five billion years of rage battle to battle
Each with power to destroy or resurrect
Fusion and Destruction of Sol’s very soul
Till joined together as a noble
Casting his photon as a gift
Creating all the life of Home
With the nurture of the Sun. Amen
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