A sea of flames
An inferno
Watching in despair
The conflagrations grow
Homes and hopes
All dashed
Entire neighborhoods
Turned to ash
Evacuated
Never to return
Precious assets
To the ground burn
The Santa Ana winds
Fanning the fires
Air thick with smoke
A situation dire
Like a bombed war zone
Swathes of land charred
Witnesses of the fire
Permanently scarred
.
I send a prayer to the heavens above
For the devilish firestorm to end
To the firefighters and first responders
My gratitude and wishes I send
The resilience of the city is severely strained
But from the ashes, like a phoenix, the city shall rise again
Passion...unbridled 