Echoes

The ethereal sound echoes down the valley.

A rumble of thunder. Drops of rain.
The ethereal sound echoes down the valley.
Nourishing the ground, life begins.

The echo of life rolls across the Earth.
It touches everything, caressing and coaxing.
Sprouts push through the surface.

Time passes.
The echo grows stronger.
It evolves as does life.

A new life begins in earnest.
The echo merges with it.
The new echo changes to a cacophony, drowning out all other sounds.

The new life, the new echo, causes the land to change.
Bedlam weaves with beauty.
Land and beauty disappear.

The echo becomes a destroyer.
The sound of the echo removes all from before.
The echo finally dies as does the land.