CALIFORNIA FLAMES

Who it was that angered you
Causing your fury to be unleashed 
One flame igniting your consuming wrath 
As your demons of destruction consume the land 
Tearing many lives apart 

Birds enjoying their quiet habitat 
Takes to the air in haste
As your cracking whisper turns into a roar
Burning everything in sight 
Devouring man made structures 
While earthly creatures dig deeper into their holes 

Race horses trying their best
To outrun your breath of death
The odds are against them 
They are encompass by your vengeance 
They all fall in your pathway of death

Water by air and land 
Cannot quench your thirst 
The slightest of breeze or a sneeze 
And your color of gold though beautiful a sight 
Continues to create havoc in the daytime 
And is unstoppable at night 

California flames!
Mans best effort cannot stop
Until your anger is satisfied 
Everything in your pathway will be devoured 
And that which is alive
Will die.

Wilford Barker.