Where the seams of the earth
start to bulge and strain,
something seeks to escape.
When the intricate fabric
rends from within
civilisation's fragile veneer,
or molten energy is forced
through geology's
complex laminate,
sometimes bile rushes out
in torrents of lava,
fountains of cinders;
sometimes the dark
bird of discord is loosed,
to circle massif and savannah,
inciting acts of mayhem,
orgies of slaughter.
But sometimes the white
bird of hope is released
and the tears it weeps
restore something like order.
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Engelados: One of the Titans of
Greek mythology, trapped under the
earth, whose struggles to free himself
were the cause of earthquakes.
for Romany and Larisa