Decrescendo

And so it was,

After light years of chaos

And cacophonous discourse

From the havoc of Hulago

To the handover of Gibraltar

Fireballs engulfed

The sullen sky

From the East the sun rose

And from Mount Sinai light shone

The Great Sahara glittered

In golden glows

And as never before

It grew roses

So gorgeous

The fauna and flora from

Around the Rhine

And the Amazon

Could hardly

Trust their inward eye

And at a moment’s notice

Darkness, anew, all-round

The fire dies down –

And consumes itself

From inside and out.

Ali H. Raddaoui