Coping

Read extra stories

Sing extra songs, pray extra

And wait extra waits.

Fission

Molecules vibrate;

Electricity surges

To fevered pitch.

Aging

Erosion eats at

Shoreline dunes, washes sand down

And tears away grass.

Temper

Lava bubble builds

Roils, writhes, spins burning orange

Ropes around mind's eye.