Australian Bushfires

The black caliginous smoke smothers the gloomy sky, the fiery wave, cold flame consuming all in its path, trapped animals screaming for the help that will never befall 

Death has blown away the candle to life 

Extinguishing the flame of expectation, no spark left, only the black desolation 

And spark of the murderous fire, no mercy, no hope, no remorse 

Trees devoured by the infernal flame, crumbling to ash, piling onto the earth 

Hollowed out, stripped of its beauty, blackened, deprived of its dignity 

Animals run, grasping for their lives, burning up, slowly flaking away 

The doorway of their eyes close, the spark of thought blows away 

They live, they live for the sake of living, they run in hope of survival 

The vindictive flame feeds, hope had been smouldered long ago 

We fight back to stop what has already been taken, the fire has withdrawn its fiery embrace 

Leaving behind its carnage and destruction, what was once life, what was once beautiful 

Had been taken from all that cared, destroyed, leaving a crumbled disarray 

A black blanket hovers over the ground, with a lack of morality 

To leave the accumulation of ash, the dead, burnt trees lay 

The dismal, burnt animals die, leaving a speck of green we call, hope