Replies the fireweed
Where wildfire had scorched the Earth
Resistance is life
Replies the fireweed
Where wildfire had scorched the Earth
Resistance is life
Such hopeful sight
Is breaking through
The smoky sky
Now blue above
And gold below
Backlit, the tone
Of tungsten haze
Then, lower, emerald
Of the trees
These, gratefully
Have not (yet) burned
Consumes
Valleys
Distant
Choking
Smoke
Creates
Pastel
Twilight
Artistry
Calm
Lake
Okanagan
Like a dancer
In a deadly waltz
With blackness
Smokey atmosphere
Acrid in my nose
Stinging my eyes
Clogging my lungs
Like hummingbirds
Carrying thimblefuls of water
To extinguish a bonfire