Sunday, November 16, 2008

Fires in California

The sky is black with
smoke, billowing up from the
ruins of many lives

We cough as the sour
stench of burning fills the air
and pray, hope, for rain

In the theater,
girl on the phone with her mom
"Take my medals with you"

Evacuation
Many homes lie empty, wait
for return or flames

2 comments:

Samantha said...

it must be scary there....I hope everything gets better....I LOVE YOU! You should come visit me sometime, get out of the smoke. I love the poem btw

Andrea said...

Thanks! I wrote this while sitting in the library and... not doing my research paper. Shhh! (it's a secret!)