California Fires
Smoke seeps in through the shut windows
Adding to our list of sorrows
Indoor temps soar to the 90s
Body in fight, flight and freeze
My poor lungs gasp for air
My mind moans that it’s unfair
After months of outwaiting covid
It is a losing bid
Is this the final reckoning?
Earth’s last call for our awakening?
As a species, we get to choose
Let go of our destructive ways, or lose
Everything