Wildfire
CEDIT: Cameron Strandberg
They appeared on fire
Flares of apricot, apple and corn yellow
Taste where they erupt
Flames dripping from their fingertips
Hot meteors bleed in the slate sky
The earth sings in all her glory
Finally reborn
From the beginning, they transcended the sky
Arms open
Accept everything that is coming
The wind starts to dance
Brown leaves take off
Rotate and tumble each other
Spin to meet meteors and
Back to their yellow-green state
Flames no longer eat dirt, but
Shroud them
Distribute them
Include them
Launch them
Omit them
The earth has never burned
The emeralds were dazzling on the day she stood
Still intact
No scars or scars
But added and
full of nutrition
Most people don’t know
Fire is actually purifying
Did you know that the forest must burn to be free?
So it did
Stars burst from the tree
Flocks of birds gather in the troposphere
Midnight’s wings defeat the haze of minerals
The mist clings to the air
Together
One mind and one spirit
They burn and burn
They are burning, burning
They glared
A fire of the sun
Do you know that the sun is the brightest star?
But on this day it doesn’t shine
Brianna Brown comes from Jamaica and is a student at Barnard College, majoring in environment and sustainable development.Read more of their poems here.
