Suffocating smoke
Smothers glimmer and glee
Even the sun subdued
To wan gloom
Long before it sets
Still
I know colour lingers beneath
Recall its effervescence
Manifest the latent joy
Until that rises above the horizon
Of my heart
Tag: smoke
Viral Smoke
The smoke rolled in
From a distant fire
Down the narrow valley
From a distant fire
Down the narrow valley
Not so stealthy as a virus
But with a smothering effect
Which would someday seem
Not so unfamiliar
A dis-ease
From which none are immune
And all are infected
Reflective Fire
This blue
Twilit artifice
Sunset muzzled by smoke
From distant fires
Twilit artifice
Sunset muzzled by smoke
From distant fires
Rosy sky
Pastel remnants
Of celestial fire
River echoes
Light and land and life
Fuels reflective fire
Haze ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #179
Through the haze
Of day I peer
Of day I peer
Now what is near
Seems quite clear
But far from here
Is more obscure
Detail lost
Colour sallowed
Though sun breaks through
Its presence mellowed
Yet, still
Reset: Next!
The year
Grew darker
Every day
Grew darker
Every day
Grim hope
Bleak finale
Reset: next!
All the Sky was Smoke
The creatures toiled
Upon the land
They built machines
To ease the work
Created engines
To drive the cogs
And fueled it all
With all that burned
Upon the land
They built machines
To ease the work
Created engines
To drive the cogs
And fueled it all
With all that burned
For every thing
The creatures made
Five other things
Were thrown away
For every turn
Of every cog
The fuel they burned
Created smog
‘Til over time
Before too long
In fact, before
The fuel was gone
Their world could not
Sustain their waste
The climate changed
With break neck pace
Fire ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #152
I cannot see the fire
Still, the sky betrays its presence
As yet the flames present no danger
Though the possibility be mentioned
Still, the sky betrays its presence
As yet the flames present no danger
Though the possibility be mentioned
So am I reminded
A threat may seem remote
Or weak in its intention
But a threat it is
Toxic in its notion
I do well to heed an atmosphere in tension
Where There’s Fire
Sinewy sifting
Suffusing valleys
Smoke expanding
Soft stifling blanket
Seeking prairies
Eastward
Suffusing valleys
Smoke expanding
Soft stifling blanket
Seeking prairies
Eastward
Naught but the Light
In the darkness
Lay the deepest shadows
Where no light has fallen
For so many years
Lay the deepest shadows
Where no light has fallen
For so many years
I visit with them
Let the shadows
Fall under my light
Until they become known to me
Appreciate them for their wisdom
Thank them for their insight
Forgive them for their fears and distractions
Illumined, I see their purpose
The Rockies
Even under the duress
Of smoke suffused atmosphere
An elegant and formidable beauty
Of smoke suffused atmosphere
An elegant and formidable beauty
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