Copyright (C) 2002 by L.M. Wong
Dommy dominaeprimus@yahoo.com
NATURAE by DOM
ARBITER:That which is swiftest may speak first .LIGHTNING:My tardy twin Thunder , resent me not for my swiftness . Bear with mepatiently . I was made to streak . Seen as jagged slender strands , flashingboorishly . A snippet of intensity . Tarry for a twinkling , then I?ll awayunlike the sun who burns through the life of day . My bolts set afireinconspicuous shrubs of lowlands and I have felled towering trees . Nohiatus for hesitation ere the fateful sweep . Whipping lashes stay theirdistance from compassion . Dart as I may I cannot escape being a heraldand accompaniment of Nature?s tempestuous ravings .THUNDER:Clarion of the heavens . Faithful and boisterous shadow of boltinglightning . Herald of advancing showers . Thunder I am named . I trail mybrethren so faithfully we are often thought of as one entity . Some fear mybellowing more than whipping cracks from my kinsman. When I erupt ,my sonic boom flusters and splinters quiet . To the faint hearted I?m thedreaded heart jolter , after the flash . Even at my most subtle attempts atwhispering , my secrets are known across the plains .ARBITER:A mite tardier than lightning but still promptly stated .SKY:From the horizon upwards , lies my dominion . Whenever Heaven ismentioned , I come to mind . Claimed by governments of the earth thoughthey are bound to the ground . Perhaps it is my Fate to literally be the ?airof contention? . Mortals look up to me as they invoke , voyagers seek meto discern course and location . I evolve from being plainly pale to beingbedaubed with every obtainable hue in the hours of diurnal privilege.Onnights clear , jewelled treasures wink and gleam on darkened backdrop .When my mood is darkened , my state is overcome by sinister cloudbanks , a sure presage of intemperance . Winds growl ominously .Thunder rumbles threateningly while its twin flashes and cracks its whip .It?s violence ascending . Vexations or calm of the earth below , by virtueof my station , I am privy to them . What mischief or righteous deeds ofearth dwellers , I am aware unless they be cautiously guarded , discreet inmanner , shielded by opportunely erected walls or foliage dense , I mustconfess the confines of my notice .WIND:Aye , yea to all that . But o'erlook me not for I mush roving evolvingclouds skywards any season . I have watched them in limber state orweary with a load of grey . Mutating portions distancing , approaching ,amalgamating with main hub of the herd . At the fancy of my exhalation ,I lead them along a lazy trot , in prancing pace or at full gallop .EARTH:Surface that sprawls till ebbing edges of sight . Lesser than the sea yet Itoo am a host to life . In plainer terms ? The very ground that you tread .Lush where dew and rainfall converge . My verdant glory thrives well intemperate clime . None of the living will ever be in want unless they besevere unto themselves . Harsh where elements rave and abundance , ararity . There an oasis of ease and generosity is an aberration . Past ageshave seen me cleave continents into serrated portions . Crust peel tochisel and shape . Some perish in the upheaval of creation . I am mostcapricious where my faults lie . When dregs of fits peters , composure isbestirred .A rush of Wind . Then a voice hisses .WIND:If I may again , Arbiter your pardon , I beseech . Earth rests snugly inrepose from core to outlying crust . Earth too has its scions to bear andnurture . My intervention is welcomed in the diaspora of seedlings andefforts of pollination . Thus Earth shall neither lack fresh foliage to clotheits bare soil nor shall I lack labours to attest to my worthiness .ARBITER:Fair assemby , I have so far spoken spa