Ominous skies
obscure
the red sun.
Grieving cries
mourn
for what’s gone.
Devastation rages,
causing peril
and trouble.
Destruction rampages,
leaving anguish
and rubble.
Trauma surrounds,
adding
severity.
Tragedy compounds,
illuminating
disparity.
Fires desolate
and level
the land,
overtake
the earth
at their demand.
Fighters fight
for what little
remains
as we pray outright
for mercy
and rain.