It is the Child

of distant upheaval, having

erupted from Gaia's womb 

with insolent energy,

hot tempered and restless,

a brazen interloper 

in the community of land. 

Blasted into submission

by the implacable depths

and relentless skies,

ravished by raw life,

it was made yielding and pliable,

a malachite gemstone 

surrounded by the arms

of its adopted mother.

Come stand in its 

indulgent night

with me 

and feel the

strength

of its 

gentle infinity.