“WILDFIRES IN THE NIGHT, Part Two” a poem dedicated to the victims of the Lahaina Wildfire
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY For The SOUL
THE DAWNING LIGHT,Volume 7, Issue Number 415
Sunday, August 20, 2023
Journey Of The Heart Section Number 243
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WILDFIRES IN THE NIGHT Dedicated to all the victims of all the wildfires— Especially those who died and who lost everything In the firestorm in Lahaina, On Maui, Hawaii… After the fire burned thousands of acres And hundreds of homes, killing people in Their beds or their cars or as they tried to run— But could not escape the wildfires in the night. After we lived through a time of fear and smoke, Watching the hills to the south and east Glowing orange from wildfires in the night, After spending days not knowing if We would lose our home to the encroaching Flames that seemed like a wolf howling As it burned as a wildfire in the night— As we packed up the most precious Parts of our lives, ready to load our trucks And flee, leaving everything else behind At the mercy of the monster running amok Through our towns, canyons, forests and roads, The burning blazing, living wildfire in the night. After calling all our family and friends With serious appeals to help and Feeling every day that life could slip away Never to return to its sweetness and light, Ravaged by the storm of wildfires in the night. In my heart is a pervasive aching for Those who died running away from the fire, And all those who lost their home and Everything they owned, escaping with just The clothes on ther back and for all the Land now scorched and barren, still smoldering On as our firefighters hold the line against the Fury, stopping the monster in its tracks, Fighting for all of us who are under threat As they struggle to tame and put out All of the wild fires burning in the night. October 19, 2017 The Story Behind This Poem I wrote this poem as hundreds of firefighters were working night and day to bring the Redwood Complex Fire under control and put it out, after burning 36,000 acres, 500 homes and killing 44 people. It was absolutely terrifying to know that a shift in wind speed and direction could send the monster fire that was just miles away racing towards us. We prayed fervently and constantly for days for divine help and protection..and we were spared. The wind blew the fire into the wilderness where no one lived and the air attack bombers and fire fighting crews did put it out. That day was one of celebration for all of us who had gone through the ordeal, and strengthened our faith as well as woke us up to the new realities of firestorms and explosive fires…caused by climate change….
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Original Revelation and Calligraphy by Chinmayan
Image Credit: Still Mountain Meditation Center
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