Showing posts with label Fire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fire. Show all posts

Friday, August 13, 2021

Truth in a World of Fire


 

The sky is blazing

the earth is burning

ice caps are melting

it's all overwhelming

 

times running out

now, there's a drought

tick tock, tick tock

raven sits on a clock

 

the moon is wobbling

the ocean is throttling

humans are dying

heaven is crying

 

times running out

give truth a shout

tick tock, tick tock

raven sits on a clock

 

in a world of fire

birds sit on a wire

the trees are gone

what the hell is going on

 

a world in despair

how do we repair

hope keeps us going

until the hour of knowing

 

times running out

love needs to sprout

tick tock, tick tock

raven sits on a clock

 

linking with earthweal

writing about truth in a world of fire

Thank you for visiting

may we extinguish some of the fires in life and the world


Author's note - Part of this came to me in a dream.
A raven was sitting on a clock and in the whispers
of a tree I heard time's running out and I saw a blazing sun.


 

 

Monday, January 6, 2020

Who Can Tame the Beast


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The spirit of fire can be a mighty beast
when it is raging out of control
destroying everything in its path

there is no place to hide from
roaring flames,  can this dragon
be tamed

can an inferno of words, calm
this beast that rises higher within
me, trying to grasp the magnitude
of the scorching trail of ash & soot
blowing with the four winds

shall we call upon the deities of rain
to lend a helping hand, would they
hear the cries of the living and mourn
the dead

who can snuff this fire that consumes
the land...firefighters work endlessly
to control widespread mayhem

birds have wings to lift them above
a burning landscape but, what of
the other creatures who have no
wings

my heart is heavy if only tears could
douse the flames I would cry a river
I lip prayers of hope for containment

author's note: My heart grieves for
all the loss.