Currowan
By Jessica M
Published 18 September 2023
Smokey summer ash adorned
Christmas trees
Crunchy grass beneath thonged feet
No longer green
Furrowed brows over tired eyes
Check forecasts
Survey dirty skies, stained
Edging ever closer
Tranposing night on day
Catastrophic
No fireworks when fire works
Blazing its ferocious path
Relentless, unstoppable
In the aftermath
Stillness
A deserted landscape in shock
Stripped bare, down to the roots
Like us
With no choice than to
Rejuvenate