Flames of Nature

5/30/11

Flames of Nature

I saw my cat standing there,

Orange fur blazing fire,

Yellow sparks shining in the light.

The sun reflected

His herculean radiance

As he stood in the gleaming grass

Shimmering yellow,

Burning below his paws.

He stood there in flawless figure,

The form of a god,

And held, in his steel-shine teeth,

The wriggling captive

Of a chipmunk.

It dropped from his teeth,

Stood,

And flailed its paws

Desperately –

One last stand

Before the black eyes

Were eaten by the flame.

I looked at my friend’s face

And noticed that his eyes were still tender,

Only his eyes did not burn,

And innocent

His eyes seemed to ask me

For a certain forgiveness

For the inevitable

He could not extinguish.