The roar alone lit the night

a bright noise in the silence

heat radiated

scorching the moon

singeing the stars

burning the gates of Heaven

and blue-black-grey

smoke plumes rose billowing 

 puthering

competing with the clouds

the stench of it suffocated

choked and stifled

it maimed

it killed

it destroyed

but one there was

who found it wondrous beautiful

for he lit it!