the rumbling sound of a giant slumbering
vibrations beneath the ground
the cracking earth is crumbling
lava courses through the scalloped terrain
a dry and burning marshland
shivering with each breath
what will be cultivated here?
what will persist?
what will concede and what will recover?
praying mantis
dragon sloth
lava breathing
fire hog
not a monster
just an enorm
just an animal
lumbering toward its fate
stoic, solid, unstoppable