Dewy drops of sun-soaked rays
Become a steady shower
Building to a lashing storm
Of searing, scorching power
Puddles of heat ripple and shimmer
Sparking in the light
Spraying mists of smoky cloud
That scale to towering height
Winds whip up a fiery tide
That crashes wave on wave
On shore of tinder grass and pine
Drowning all beneath the blaze
Valleys swell with molten streams
That snake with eerie glow
Cascading falls of liquid flame
Down mountain gorges flow
At last the tempest's fury ends,
Leaving wounds of sooty mud
Earth's charred scars heal to green -
Survivor of the fire flood
— Wayne Visser