Elemental

The mysterious alchemy of

atmospheric conditions playing

their games of opposing forces

has led to a conflict of dominion

over this climate, unable to settle 

to a state of received moderation.

The wavering indecision of

nature, torn by the plaintive

entitlements of her elements has

created a vertigo of confusion,

each taking the initiative to assert

its own very particular presence.

The sky's gloomy clampdown

heavy and dank with grey-clotted

clouds invites the wind to usher

them briskly along, heaping below

rations of sleet and ice pellets.

That great warming ball of fire

burns cracks in the bruised ceiling

briefly liberating the brooding

atmosphere from despair.  To little

avail; the opposing forces of

darkness prevail, orb obscured.

Recurring brutalities storming

the environment in blizzards of 

inclemency victimize creatures

of the earth and the oceans, the air

and the regions of vulnerable

existence, bringing calamity after

misfortune through no fit

weather for man nor beast.