Beast of Fire

BEAST OF FIRE By Kevin L Fairbrother A sizzling lightning bolt Spears towards earth Contacts the ground Scorches, sparks fly … Ignites the mass of fuel On the forest floor Flames flicker… burst into life A deadly fire is born … Tentacles of flames spread Consume fuel, generate heat and flame The fires energy now a furnace Likened to middle earth … Flames and smoke reach to the sky Bursting the tree canopy alight Fanned by internal winds A cataclysm… a raging inferno … Out of control feeding on an abundance of fuel The fire races consumes everything in its path Spreading fear to inhabitants living in the hills Unabated the fire an uncontrollable beast … The fire rages… turning days into nights Leaving behind a desert of burned earth Incinerated animals lay smouldering Losses of immense proportions … The aftermath whence the beast was tamed Will be felt for many years to come Thankful there has been no loss of Human life But we know the beast of fire will return