Fire and Ice
by ryall Friday, Jul 30 2010, 10:09pm
international / prose/poetry / literature

deep in the bowels
of the earth
in the furnace
of desire,
ardour
silently and ceaselessly
burns
providing
(core) heat to everything
around.

it is only away from the warm centre
in the cool, thin air
that ice and glaciers form.

at times
unusual conditions
bring the heat of the interior
to the cool surface ice;
passionate, glowing-red magma
encounters glacial ice.

spectacular energy and
raging torrents are released
that scour deep ravines and gorges
into the body of the earth
before flooding lowland plains
which in turn
burst with all manner of
plant and animal life.

what appear to be conflicting
energies produce rapid change
and alter the contours
of the earth;
it is only shallow types that fear
these events
these natural dynamic changes.

whenever the cold
or isolation
becomes unbearable
approach my deep
interior
where undying
passion
provides constant heat
and comfort for your
troubled, refractory soul.