exothermic chemical combustion

a spark emerges kindling flame

set by components: heat

fuel

and oxygen

tearing through forests

infernal blaze

scorching the soil

making room for life to start again

nitrogen

phosphorus

magnesium

calcium

potassium

sulfuric amino acids

through this disaster

enrich the world

shedding the skin of the canopy

return to earth

the ashen rain

falls to the world

exothermic chemical combustion

let it burn

natural pyre

arboreal funeral

and in the wake

lay massive graves

supersurface catacombs of charcoal bones

an empty slate to set the stage for what's to come

nitrogen

phosphorus

magnesium

calcium

potassium

sulfuric amino acids

through this disaster

enrich the world

shedding the skin of the canopy

return to earth

the ashen rain

falls to the world

exothermic chemical combustion

let it burn

plant perception

fire-mediated serotinous seed dispersion

alkalinity and acidity create eutrophic soil

germination and flowering occur

replacing with new life what was taken by disaster

through this disaster

enrich the world

shedding the skin of the canopy

return to earth

the ashen rain

falls to the world

exothermic chemical combustion

let it burn

let it burn