Nature's Fury

A timeless beauty that never shows her age

An ocean of blue heavens

Surrounds above me, blissful beauty

Gleaming in the yellowish orange glow

Of her sunset giving all meaning to life.

 

Chimes ring their bells in the soft howling winds

As the thought of mother nature changing

Every year, humanity considers

If it is for worse or for the better

Answers gone forever to be left

Unknown...

 

Her bittersweet rage can be loud and heard,

Unimaginable to anything the human mind

Can comprehend in their busy timeless lives

To take the oppurtunity to observe in silence.

 

Showing off her violent rage in explosions,

Flashes of light whipping across darkened black skies

In a growling roar that echoes throughout the heavens

Lighting them up like taking a picture of the grounds below.

 

Oceans expand past their boundaries,

While the mountains explode with violence

Flooding in to flowing hot rivers of madness

Destroying whatever stands in her way.

 

Never showing her age, destroying the old

To make room for more masterpieces in the future

Building up her kingdom in hopes that one day

The chaotic world beneath can take the time to admire.

 

Her wicked destructive nature at heart,

Screaming in the silence when taken for granted

Shaking and stirring up trouble, but never meaning harm

She reigns as queen over all life living amongst her.

Author's Note

Any suggestions are always welcomed.

Reviews

[Gilad Levanon]

It's a great poem, don't get me wrong... But I don't like it. I don't resonate with the idea that mother nature is vengeful and destructive. Whether this a mystical metaphor to you or a comment on the truth of nature, I find it to be filled with spite. In my understanding, the destruction brought by nature in response to our abuse of it is not an act of revenge or anger. Rather, I see nature as, in a sense, a reflection of ourselves and the destructive nature that we experience is a reflection of the turmoil and destructive nature within so many of us. That's my opinion anyway.

Regardless, I still hugely appreciated this piece, as always with your work. I loved the concept of stopping to admire and appreciate and how too many of us forget about that. Thank you.

[Irfan Bashir Shah]

Well, No suggestion really.... Everything seemed to be perfectly in balance....
You deserve to be praised for such a master piece....
Generally people show only the beauty of the wild but here you have flipped the coin and shown the other phase...... The ending for me was far-most perfect...

[The They]

this is a beautiful poem about cleansing. In "never showing her age" you hint at the eternal dance of creation/destruction personified in the ocean. I especially love the last line "She reigns as queen over all life living amongst her" because it hints at this dichotomy while reminding us that the only sure thing in life is death. This is one of my favorite poems that you've written of late. Keep it up! this is awesome!