into the night
the flames screamed
without thought or reason
given birth by idle hands
torching without discrimination
how long, she asks
until we perish into ash?
10/28/2003
Author's Note: i live in southern california... the wildfires are terrifying...
Posted on 10/30/2003Copyright © 2024 Michele Schottelkorb
Vagaries of nature are 'without discrimination'. The fear of the fear is well founded and expressed.