Fire Frogs

A free verse poem

Fire frogs hop through the forest tonight,
igniting the tops of dying trees
with their hot breath.

Smoke,
like a thick charcoal fog,
rises into the sunset
transforming the firmament
into scarlet coals.

Fear
changes foe into friend,
enemy into ally,
as old feuds are forgotten
in the panic of survival.

Once free
of the conflagration,
the survivors
return to their old habits,
place feet and miles
between predator and prey.


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