stone against stone
strike, strike, strike
spark
streaks–singing, soaring
above
deep wells
tectonic tensions
bedrock cracks
tremors
below our feet,
bellow in our ears and in our bones
quickening,
burbling,
pumping through veins
b’beat, b’beat, b’beat
gurgling mountain awakens
fire of death,
fire of life,
fire to open
this molten
madness
eruption
Jacqueline Rudy obtained an English major while raising a young family and working. She is a wife, mother of three sons, pet mom of three male animals–cat, dog, and rabbit–who works as a library assistant and teacher. She loves nature and is a bit of an “imagery junky.”