The Sound of Fire
In a dream
I saw the Pueblo burning
from a cliff looking
dead ahead
the smoke blanketed the sky
blocking the sun
The Pueblo that stood for a thousand years
now bathed in amber flame
The hills all around, charcoal black
glistening with glowing embers
the main fire filled the air
full of sound and heat
the roar assaulted every sense
Every inch of my body
The “American Eden” is ablaze
and somewhere in all this
I knew what lit the match
I woke up angry
Title inspired by: “The Sound of Fire”, Montana State University library: Acoustic Atlas Blog posts. https://www.lib.montana.edu/acoustic-atlas/acoustic-atlas-blog/posts/the-sound-of-fire.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIt%20sounds%20kind%20of%20like,It’s%20just%20a%20roaring%20sound.%E2%80%9D
Rick Romancito, “Remembering Taos Pueblo’s Encebado Fire”, Taos News, Mar 15 2013. https://www.taosnews.com/tempo/remembering-taos-pueblos-encebado-fire/article_0bd08144-9e1f-59e0-a386-6cba7eaabacc.html