People’s homes burn to ashes

The air turns yellow with smoke

We listen for evacuation notices

Deciding what to take if we have to go

People flee for their lives

One step ahead of the flames

Like a war zone

The chatter and roar of aircraft fills the sky

Heroic firefighters risk their lives

So that ours may be saved

Friends and family come together

To comfort and grieve

Our sacred wild places are reduced to ashes

Again