Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Intensity

A feeble flame, a wavering glow
which the wind oscillates to and fro
It provides warmth to shivering hands,
as smoke escapes in silvery strands
So very fleeting, yet so dear
giving respite from the weather austere

Animals approach the subdued flames,
other chilled creatures do the same
A pleasant sensation, the burning blaze emits,
and the seeking animals around, it closely knits
They curl around the heat, expelling the frost
which rapidly returns when the fire is lost

People surround it, basking in the heat,
as the towering fire blazes and greets
a dark night devoid of the moon,
and a ground around which cinders are strewn
It creates a tingling perception, burning eyes
as sparks soar into the darkened skies

An empty edifice, on the outskirts stood,
experiences a brush of wood against wood
Fire engulfs the walls, tearing them down,
by a violent orange, the desolate house is drowned
it crumbles helplessly, more fragile than glass
and remains a wrecked mound when the fire dies at last

A single crackle, an unaccompanied spark,
and then the conflagration explodes in the dark
at first, stealthily slinking through the trees,
until it grows by massive degrees
The fire- devastatingly beautiful- moves with aplomb,
which neither drizzle nor time is able to calm

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Milky Way of the Sea

It's white against the expanse of blue-
which blends with a lackluster, greenish hue
It swirls inwards, a flurry of clouds
that billows with the intense gusts
It resembles our galaxy in shape and form-
a spiraling, whirling, forceful storm
relatively small, yet massively immense
to the creatures that dwell on the earth-
victims of the wind, the tempestuous gale,
the innocent earthlings, it relentlessly assails
So mesmerizing, when looked at from above
but so threatening when witnessed from beneath
the enveloping veil of frenzied clouds
that roar with thunder- resounding and loud,
that flash with lightning, so sudden and glaring,
while torrents of rain surge from the sky
which is dark and dismal, a foreboding black,
the world's terrain is seems to attack
Whereas when viewed from space, it boasts soft, white, shades,
appearing so very tranquil, bursting with serenity
like the thick atmosphere of eddying mist,
rather strange to observe, for it lies in the midst
of utter darkness that the cosmos boasts,
like a single star twinkling in the night
However, below the clouds emerge and loom
concealing the light, spreading their gloom
And so, as I watched the unfolding storm, from space
I focused solely on the unfurling view-
there would be ruin, there would be disrepair
portions of the earth would be laid razed and bare,
yet, above the canopy of clouds, beauty emerged,
as did a whole new perspective- a milky way on the earth
So, seeing nature's forces reign autonomous and free,
I observed the milky way of the sea