Fire .. Earth .. Water

This has been a midsummer day
of searing, torrid dimensions
the wind akin to a dragon's
fiery breath, the ball of the sun
ferociously in belching
radiating light and heat
blinding the eyes and
roasting our lungs so we know
what it feels like to awkwardly
inadvertently, carelessly
enter a blast furnace its
dials turned to an explosive
level. Just as nature has her
very own formula that
transforms one element into
another suddenly the heavenly
light is turned to the off
position and early dusk descends
as in the distance the distinctive
roar of an angry giant strides
toward us and suddenly a
stillness in the atmosphere
before the lid of the afternoon
sky is turned upside down
spilling a roaring tide onto a
surprised landscape and the heat
that intolerable heat disappears.