Caldor Firestorm, by Carolyn S. Dyle

Caldor Firestorm

A night of fire and fury

Our hearts trembled

Our minds seized by shock

A firestorm raging upon us

Flames devouring every living thing

Above and beneath the earth

Relentless and unmerciful

Firey embers raining from the sky

We flee with terror in our hearts

The firestorm charges eastward

Leaving ash heaps of total devastation

Roots and trunks of mighty Ponderosa Pines

Still standing, smoldering, dying

Yet hope, disbelief remained in our hearts

Until the video from fire crews confirmed

“This was your home – it’s gone – nothing left!”

Our forever home, now forever gone.

-Carolyn S. Dyle