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2002-07-31 - 2:15 p.m. -
volcanoes are a necessity
eruptions are never a surprise
there is a rumbling first
the ground shakes
low tones in the chest
a deep organ-like sound
that rides up your spine
like a slow train then there are the cracks� small fissures at first
growing larger
sometimes hiding just below the surface
steam starts to escape
pressure desperate to disperse
forces openings wider fact: just before an eruption
birds will stop singing
the world will become very quiet you will feel the eruption more than hear it the earth will move like a sea
great rocks will split,
then melt
the sky will darken
ash will come first
like a hot snowfall
you will breath it
it will become part of you then the lava
rock so hot it melts
the earth becoming liquid
the heat will become unbearable
wood will explode from the rise in temperature
rivers will change course
or disappear all together
evaporate right before your eyes lava will search for water
try to reach the sea the sound of lava meeting the cool sea
is like the sound of a long, slow train wreck
metal against metal
a screeching sound
as the lava becomes rock again
the noise can be heard
for miles below the water then the calm comes rock cools
water returns
the earth draws inward
the sky clears
the ground stops moving
the birds sing of survival
thank God for wings to fly above you will be left
with more ground than before
added land extending into the sea
a rock to build on you will be left with
the lesson that the world
gives & takes in balance
that things made liquid
can be solid again
that the ground does move sometimes
that the birds
will sing again Believe
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