natural disaster

on the year double twenty, rages of red aplenty
there was falling black snow, the fires shred undergrowth
houses were left so empty, fauna left in a frenzy
through the night embers glow, in the smoke the birds crow
scorched the Bulburin Nut Tree

a year of la Niña floods, the rivers were full of mud
the waters they rose so high, koalas drowned they died
tall trees felt the wind that tugged, eucalypts fell in the mud
almost nothing kept dry, all fluffy grey bears cry
innocent koalas shed blood

heat beat down on sandy flat, cracked ground has hidden impact
all the waterholes dry, just dead grass in supply
Northern Hairy-Nosed Wombats die from drought they can't combat
flora shrivels up, dies, brown marsupials cry
nature feels attacked by climate

the ocean sucked up high, swirling up around the eye
spinning to the coastline, you can hear it howl, whine
Haines's Orange Mangrove cried, fellow trees flung to the sky
a buffer by design, but cyclones can't confine
disasters are nature's reply