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# Lava
- URL: https://dianaludwick.com/lava/
- Published: 2026-05-16T08:46:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-16T08:46:00.000Z
- Description: “Lava,” written Saturday, May 16, poem 136 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: "Lava," a sunset over the city, by Diana Ludwick (c) 2026
- Author: Diana Ludwick
- Tags: 2026 Poetry Challenge, Poems, City, Clouds, DC, Generational, Lava, May, Metro, Mother-Daughter dynamics, Saturday, Sky, Spring, Sunset, Washington, #Migrated-1792872215677, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-24 20:03

Molten lava cracks through the heavens.  
  
"Come, come look, *Mom*!"   
  
She calls me,   
a rare welcome into her world.  
I drop what I'm doing,   
excuse myself, rush to her side.  
  
We look up and stare   
at the glowing embers  
of underlit clouds   
and stretches of sky.  
  
The cross breeze ripples   
at our dress hems,   
as our bellies press   
against the deck's handrail.  
  
For a short moment she lets  
my palm grace her shoulder.  
The eagerness in her voice remains,   
despite how cool she is.  
  
A Metro train with six cars  
rumbles by on an elevated track  
The sounds of sirens weave through the streets.  
I let it all blur out, because  
right now, she wants Me.  
  
"Did you get it? Let me get it!"   
She says, pointing a camera towards   
the bleeding light of sunset over the city.  
  
I soak in this micro-memory,  
where pretense melted like magma  
and for a sacred second,   
we could linger in this golden joy.