After The Smoke Clears Poem by Darrin McMiller Jr.

After the smoke clears
We gone burn it up some more
We gone drench gasoline with burning gasoline
And aint gone leave until the smoke fills
And lays a second layer of smog upon our lungs
Until the brightest day becomes the darkest night
And the fire illuminates the dark in us
And we gone bring it all to light

Get the lighters, Get the torches,
Ignite the sparks, set the rivers and the lakes on fire
No survivors let the sky rain flames,
But for humanity's sake hold the hail

Let’s all get submerged until
Our skin and our flesh and our bones
Burns and boils away like molasses
Let’s get swept into the whirlwinds and the tsunamis
Of burning brooding blood until our veins
Can be seen from a million miles away

We will never go away
We will never stop
Never stop burning
And it's never enough
Or never too much

Today's the day
The world's reduced to embers
And the ember covers our eyes
And the embers cover all that our eyes can see
And the blazing haze blinds us, but
After the smoke clears

(March 25,2009)