Firestorm
High winds
fanatically fanning sparked words
to intense levels of combustion
sweeping down canyons
with whirling red anger
towards vast antitheses of blue pacific sea
scorching old growth nerve endings
of dry deadwood and underbrush
to a charcoal moonscape smolder.
Yet the deep roots
are unscathed and healthier
from recharged gift of nutrients
and seeds that else
would have laid dormant for years
now with cracked casings sprout and root
from phoenix nest of ash and soil
nurtured by fires counterpart of falling rain
delivering delicate blooming of wildflowers
and tender apologies.