After the smoke clears <br />We gone burn it up some more <br />We gone drench gasoline with burning gasoline <br />And aint gone leave until the smoke fills <br />And lays a second layer of smog upon our lungs <br />Until the brightest day becomes the darkest night <br />And the fire illuminates the dark in us <br />And we gone bring it all to light <br /> <br />Get the lighters, Get the torches, <br />Ignite the sparks, set the rivers and the lakes on fire <br />No survivors let the sky rain flames, <br />But for humanity's sake hold the hail <br /> <br />Let’s all get submerged until <br />Our skin and our flesh and our bones <br />Burns and boils away like molasses <br />Let’s get swept into the whirlwinds and the tsunamis <br />Of burning brooding blood until our veins <br />Can be seen from a million miles away <br /> <br />We will never go away <br />We will never stop <br />Never stop burning <br />And it's never enough <br />Or never too much <br /> <br />Today's the day <br />The world's reduced to embers <br />And the ember covers our eyes <br />And the embers cover all that our eyes can see <br />And the blazing haze blinds us, but <br />After the smoke clears <br /> <br />(March 25,2009)<br /><br />Darrin McMiller Jr.<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/after-the-smoke-clears/
