Driving

Like a steel whip
on the soft hillside's back
we snake a chain of barbs
towards a dark sky.

Blinks of yellow
salute our path as we curl
in a restful, sleep-wise hush
towards the sun, nature's fist,

waiting to heave its radioactive breath
towards our shivering planet,
this seed-pearl cloaked
with an azure butterfly's wing.

Our iron drags between cells,
machines carving canals
around the islands of living things
as a red dawn sings.

© Mark Sheeky. Permission is required for reproduction.