we worry

living on the edge.

from deep in the forest,

crackle of flame

smoke writes messages:

inferno, ash, annihilation

molten core of earth below

replicated above

even cooled by winter snow

anger simmers

heat bursts its bounds -

again

the sky has fallen,

bled onto earth

mine is the power

and the glory

this will be our mass grave,

all our names expunged

will any one remain,

to raise a cross?

will anyone remember

its symbolism?