Canada on Fire
Wish it were an idiom
Expression of fashion
A bon mot, small jest
Here
But the country burns
In unbordered reach
Of untamed fire
Destroying all that
Lives: dissolved into
Libation for a demon’s
Thirst of unsatisfied
Flame
With all we have and
Are—think, feel, pray,
Help
Reaching must meet
Rescue,
Our community rain
Life
clcouch123 
May 5, 2016 at 11:10 pm
Thanks for the thought Christopher.
May 6, 2016 at 5:26 am
I first learned about the fire from you. Then I read more in the news today (now yesterday).
May 6, 2016 at 5:27 pm
Yeah, I think it’s one of those disasters that has gone viral. Evacuating 80, 000 people is a lot of people. I hope they have homes to come back to, some of them. It puts them in a place to help others then rebuild, so not everyone has to start from the beginning 🙂 Thank you though I appreciated the piece 🍪
May 6, 2016 at 7:20 am
A lovely, moving poem. My heart goes to Canada. ❤
May 6, 2016 at 3:25 pm
I know disaster happens everywhere. This one is far from me. But, one by one, I guess I think we have to attend and pray. And those with the means must help further, as I know many are trying to help with the fire. Thank you for your responding here, Rosema.