Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Wildfire 1994

It
crept
insidiously
over the mountain
and down into the valley
consuming everything in its path,
trees, underbrush, homes,
wildlife and habitat . . . old growth timber . . .
the home of the endangered Spotted owl . . . . . . . . .
Chipmunks,
Squirrels, tiny birds, woodpeckers . . .
Every creature that calls the forest home . . .
Brown bears, black bears, elk, deer, cougar . . . .
Displaced.
Lakes and rivers steamed . . .
Streams and rivulets boiled . . . . fish died . . . . .
Waterfowl fled with singed wings . . . . In its wake,
blackened, smokey, barren remains . . . Devastation . . . Oh woe!
But . . .
Pine cones, opened . . .
by heat . . . spew forth seeds . . .
germinating . . .growing . . . until . . . one day . . .
before us stands, once again, a mighty forest
of pine trees . . . completing the wondrous cycle . . .Of life . . .
And death . . . And rebirth . . . All in God's time . . . And His Will . . .
Praise
God, all
Creatures
Here below!

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