I Wonder How

As the wind

Chips away at the weathered rocks

Each bearing a long story

Only known by time and the stars

I wonder how this wind’s

Aeolian song brings forth this

New beauty through its destruction.

As the earthquake

Shatters the surface of our lives

Bringing gaping voids in more

Than just the cracked ground

I wonder how this quake’s

Seismic power will bring close

A changed, caring community.

As the tsunami

Rips mercilessly at the shore

Flattening towns, washing away

Lives into the churning sea

I wonder how this wave’s

Cataclysmic force will incite

Countries helping other countries.

As the fire

Obliterates everything it can devour

Incinerating bright meadows to ash

And burning great forests barren

I wonder how this fire’s

Caustic attack on natural beauty will bring

New life amidst the smoke and the ashes.

As the tragedy

Laughs over joy’s smoking remains

Ripping the last bits of light away

And casting faith irredeemable

I wonder how this hardship’s

Bitter offensive against hope in life will bring

Strength beyond what one could ever have imagined.