Absinthe

(Absinthe - French word, from the Greek for 'wormwood' - a bitter shrub, also used as a noun to indicate a state or source of grief)

Black and red are the lips of rock

Volcano emerging from the depths

Thrust out of charred earth

A monument to eternity

Green and blue are its frames

A destructive force with a conscience

Ancient slopes richly forested

Framed against a deep blue sky

A monument to infinity

Black and red are the vanishing insides

Setting sun on frozen magma

Empty crater swallowing all light

A monument to nothingness

Green and blue is the pool below

Deep down, almost out of sight
Now still now alive
Unknown waters holding your grief
A monument to now