5/30 Element

Mother to us all, the Earth gives birth in mysterious ways.
A volcano erupts, its fury unmatched, and its devastation a tasteless loss for all who lived in its shadow. The countless lives of beasts and men fill and help nourish the monster as she recedes back, leaving behind seedlings of molten rock to simmer and stir while all around them cool and harden.
Days, months even, pass without notice. Then through the steamy, barren landscape a dripping hand, glowing orange with the fiery spark of life, reaches its dripping fingers from a molten pool and slaps the hardened rock.