The Earth Cracked
The earth cracked in Nepal,
with fire and shame
And thousands lay dead,
in the mountains and plains
Her crust was ripped open,
a heart now exposed
And lives were reclaimed,
from a heaven deposed
The story for mystics,
a legend say some
As nature demanded,
for things that we’d done
Her climate infected,
and sky ringed in black
Our future as payment,
—with no turning back
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)
Copyright © Kurt Philip Behm | Year Posted 2016
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