Hills of emeralds strewn about the end of hell's torturous drought calm and peaceful starry sky storm clouds struggling slowly die coyotes sound their distant calls the deepest rumbling waterfalls waves lap up on flattened sand the tempest stilled at His command earth shaking instability peace and soft tranquility raging fire hot and starving flashing floods are canyon carving mist rising from a morning pond breeze blowing through a palm tree frond peace and chaos intertwined woven deep within our mind