Sunday, June 27, 2021

The Torrid Wind

 


The fiery breath of the wind

on this overheated summer day

in tandem with the glare of the sun

sending its furious fingers of heat

through the forest canopy

has muted the songbirds

cowering within the dense

green branches of cedar and spruce

the forest floor only yesterday

drenched in rainfall held pools

stagnant and whisked into the

atmosphere by furious wind gusts

while above a hawk shrieks as

it coasts on the wind and soon

disappears over the forest crown

drenched this day in boiling heat

from the sizzling cauldron of the sun.

 


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