Mountains are Burning

 Its only spring and yet it is hot

The grass is dry and the ground is hot

The changing pressures bring rising winds

From the centre of the continent heat laden winds

Fire bans are up for the state

All on fire watch around the state

Then news comes the fires are here

In the grassland and up on the mountains there

The escalating wind and heat fan the flames

Rising high over the trees are the blazing flames

The crackle of fire and howling of the wind storm

Runs shivers up the fireies at the edge of the fire storm

The people are anxious for their homes

Racing to protect if they can, their homes

Water hoses are out in force spraying

The choppers battle to stay aloft for drenching

The heat and the smoke climbing in the air

Covering skies over Sydney with smoky air

From blue to yellow, then to red and black goes the sky

The smoke is hiding the sun from our sky

The homes in the path are devoured by the fire

The possessions and memories consumed by the fire

People are sad to lose so much

Truly a calamity that destroys so much

Not always is this an act of nature

But a thoughtless act of arson by some creature

That sets the mountains burning

Animals running as old forests are burning

We get angry when this happens

As we forget this is what in nature happens

For fire is needed to bring forth renewal of growth

The burnt flora and the heat sprout new growth

Nature will replenish itself and grow with vigour

If only people could emerge with the same vigour

Life goes on twisting and turning

Even when the mountains are burning