Wildfires

I can’t seem to write about anything today 

But the California wildfires: 

My brother-in-law is in Altadena, 

Spending his time watering his roof 

While watching his neighbors’ houses burn; 

My son-in-law is hosting his displaced siblings… 

I ache for them, and the 70,000 others 

 Who’ve been displaced, 

 Those who’ve lost their homes and their cars, 

The thousands more who are without power, 

And the exhausted and overwhelmed ones 

Who are still fighting the fires. 

Lord have mercy on all who suffer here.