The day it changed

The day it changed

the fire spreading throw the trees,

grass and animals.

The day that it changed

was when the fire was hunting like a shark catching fish.

The smoke dancing in the sky

trying to follow the wind blowing.

The day that it changed

my feet on the wood then burnt within minutes.

The charcoal in my mouth from the terrible fire.

The day it changed

to my family lost in the smoke and fire

wishing that they came with me.

I was blinded in with the smoke and could only see fire past the road.

The day it changed

a lovely home and place

into a burnt ashy area.

The day it changed

I was brought into a home with other animals just like me.

I found a new home in a different place where the fires didn’t find.

The day it changed

from having family to just having new friends that I couldn’t trust.

My fur nice and soft my sharp claws on the trees.

FIRE FIRE don’t come again

I like my new home and I don’t want to move.

I could see all of the amazing animals and plants growing health. 

Would you like to move just like me in a fire?

The day it changed

that the pain rained away from me.

The day I could breathe again.

I lost my family to Fire and it won’t happen again.

So help protect us (the koalas) from these terrible fires.