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You are @ Home › Adults › Poetry Poetry Source: Adults Author: Maggie Huscroft Title: EARTH * AIR * FIRE * WATER EARTH I am the dust of deserts The mud of rivers I am molten magma, I am volcanic rock I am chalk-white cliffs, I am red clay, black loam And the yellow sand Of endless sea shores. I am the hillside And the plain I am fertile, nurturing. I am mother. I am rich with treasures, Diamond and gold. I have dark secrets within, Black hearted oil. I am poisoned, abused, Starved and raped. I am murdered. I am Earth. AIR I am the gentle breeze That caresses your cheek, That cools your brow. I am capricious, playful. I swirl dust, lift skirts Steal hats, ruffle hair. I am in the sound of a saxophone, The swish of a curtain, The sudden slam of a door. I am a dust devil, A whirlwind. I work mills, fill sails. I am strong. I powered an armada. I am a storm, a hurricane. I whip up seas, Up-root trees, Lift roofs, smash houses. I howl down chimneys. I whistle in wires. I sing your song. I am your very breath. I am your element. I am air. FIRE I am the candle flame, The welcome light of home. I am the flicker in the hearth. The flaming fire, the roaring log. I am succour, comfort, warmth. I am the heat of the sun. I germinate seeds, nourish plants And bring the harvest to fruition. I turn rivers to dust, Farms to deserts, Forest to wasteland. I scorch the earth. I scorn its thirst. I torch the crops. I am remorseless, Ruthless, pure. I am the great destroyer I am fire WATER I am the trickle That wears the stone. The spring gushing forth; The flowing stream. I am the torrent That turns the turbines. I am the river in flood. The tidal wave I am the sea That pounds The rocks to sand. Breakers that crash And consume The land. I am the dark, Deep green pond Where shadows swirl And secrets sink To unseen depths I am scalding steam I powered an empire Turned massive machines Ships and trains I am ice, cold and hard I am snow, deathly soft I am mist shrouding hills I am in your breath, Your blood, your heart. I am water Published on writebuzz®: Adults > Poetry

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