Ruination

Fire reigns down
Vivid slashes
Orange-red
Burn streaks across the sky.
Upon the earth
Stands Warrior true
Compassion
Empathy
A deep desire to cleanse the earth....
Of rot
Of corruption
Of death and denial
Of men who are so afraid to lose control
That they retain power
Using words to convince the world
That they are needed
They are required
To keep the machinations of the land
Running like clockwork
While holding out their hands.
Lips spread in disingenuous smile
Vile breath 
A black death 
To all it touches.
Sacred land
Savage slashes to black earth
Rain falls 
Sizzling soil 
Nutrients reduced
Molds rising
Blanketing all in corruption.
Decay.....
No one even tried
To hold it at bay.

©May 11/23

Next Time

Glassy eyed
blue red sky
sun beats down upon bent head;
ticks
booms
snarls
zooms
there are more losses
than wins.
Time grows
lengthens
shortens
days are weeks
weeks are years
years become millennium 
in a blink of an eye
with seconds to spare
eruptions
disruptions
man shaking his fist
lady standing screaming
everyone else-
they play dead.
Rockets splay across the night
breeding mares of demon
ribald laughing
scores the moon
red 
with spilled blood
as the witches dance
upon tided sand
bonfires burn through the air.

©May 10/23