Retaliation

Published in the literary journal 'Nature Writing'

She stood smoldering with rage
in her tucked away cave,
sending magic in spells and many a wave...

Winds of the universe, winds of the world-
culminate, and let your energy unfurl
Flow through the skies, flow through the trees
come to be more than a slight, gentle breeze
Calm, lapping seas of the ocean-
deluge the coast, set your power in motion
Humans have killed dear nature's charm-
annihilated something so innocent, so very unarmed
For we are the very reason life exists,
and we ought to retaliate, we must resist
We shall show them that we aren't weak and frail
and will sit back helpless- we must derail
their uncharted progress that will shatter our world,
we cannot be deferred and let their might unfurl
So, churning, frothing, violent seas- rise
abandon the earth, and reach for the skies
Clouds so white, pellucid- renounce your beauty,
turn black and incensed- do your duty
And rain- transcend your state of being a pleasant shower-
unleash your potential, portray your concealed power
to those ungrateful humans who think they know all,
who bask in our disintegration, our untimely downfall
Who have felled our trees, our virtuous plants-
clemency and forgiveness we cannot grant
Who have turned the blue planet into one of dust,
whose viridescent hues can now compare to rust,
whose pure, sapphire shades have been subjected to taint,
whose ambience has long gone lost its aura so quaint
So now we reciprocate, now we respond,
we were wrong- humans and nature never shared a bond
They razed our world, we shall raze theirs,
we shall lay their sphere of modernity broken and bare
Thus, forces- harmonize, operate as a team,
let us ascend in our own esteem
I am at the end of my strength, so please obey-
make the humans dance to your tune, create your own fray
So, ensure that your competence and power unfurl,
so in a century, nature will thrive in a much better world

Shaking with fatigue, wincing with pain,
the old witch lay down, her power completely drained
Taking her last breath, closing her eyes,
she deemed her decision as appropriate and wise