The Forest Fire
"There is a fire in the forest"
Blankets of flame wrap around the branches
Trees of green burn like torches
between the river of dancing crimson colour
A stag stands upon his hind legs
Ears pricked back
Eyes wide and staring
Behind him the grim clouds of smoke
Shroud and cloak the landscape
The glaring flames cascade
Bearing down upon the beast
As the feasting fire
Swallows all beneath its wall of flame
"There is a fire in the forest"
Fleeing through a cloak of yellow haze
A maze of crackling vegetation
Burning all around
Branches tumble to the ground
Seeing no way out
No exit from the dark
Animals turn upon their heels
A spark of rolling
Churning fire
Lights another fertile tower
The timid creatures cower
As fire seals them trapped inside
A dozen giant oak
Are wrapped in swirling smoke
For the trees they cannot hide
As their branches stoke the flame
"There is a fire in the forest"
That stems from human shame
A monstrous din of hoof beats rumble
As each frightened beast
Blindy tumbles and retreats
Into the choking air
Unaware that there can be no escape
From this lair of flame
The shapeless mass of black and red
Belches higher and higher
Whirls its ghostly web around them
Whilst the forest's life does ebb away
And the smoke curls and sways into the heavens
Tears boil in burning eyes
In dying breath the Stag he cries
"There was a fire in our forest
Where no woodland beast remembers
What stood before these dying embers
No spark of life does dwell here
Because of human strife
No creature lives to shed a tear"
Now the beast he dies
But does he live in human eyes?
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