Fire Monster

I wake extra early to a chaotic scene,

The stench of smoke fills my nostrils, the thickest it’s been.

The sky is glowing red and the smoke is hanging thick,

This unrelenting monster is getting close and travelling quick.

It’s burnt the local pine plantation and heading for our town,

We must evacuate this morning and head to safer ground.

Our modest country town is deserted and forlorn,

Only the brave remain behind to fight this firestorm.

Fierce, flaming fireballs are fed by the ferocious gusts,

I see fear in my parents faces, how will we adjust?

I pray harder than ever that our town will be spared,

But my faith is being tested, despite being well prepared.

It’s a battle for survival, a fight that’s hard to win,

But we are a strong, united community and unwilling to give in.

In the months to come, we will revive,

All that matters, for now, is that we survive.