Elemental Drama
Earth expands,
strains to touch the sky...
falls back in despair
Again enchanted,
she stretches upward, upward...
but cannot escape.
Air dances out of reach,
light-swift movement teases....
she watches silently.
Suddenly Fire lunges,
promises warmth and light...
she guards her fertility.
He swells--she shrinks,
hypnotic rhythms entice...
she succumbs.
Enchanted, drugged,
betrayed by Flame's lurid charm...
Earth lies seared in the void.
Judith Ann Kerr
Written by my mother circa 1978
Cold Springs / Camp Sherman
Winter Soltice 2013
