So Lovely Mist

Reaching out in the cloudy light

after all the bushfires and sleepless nights

now there is water

everywhere

after three days of heavy rains

so lovely mist

shrouds it all

as emotionally I recall

the vigilance

and constant alerts

evacuating for two days

returning to ‘the thick of it’

and packing

preparing

‘watering down’

sharing information

when listening to radio reports

to help us through

with protection and preparedness

to be leaving home at any time

but doing our best

to be keeping calm

as companion pets could sense alarm

and hear the bombers, helicopters and small planes

back and forth to control the flames

which were just over the hills on several fronts

burning un-contained for seven long days.

(Written on January 10, 2015)

 

Purple petals falling

into the patch of violet-leaf hearts

and now Pan is in the Elm

and breezes are wafting all around

so I feel the healing of Nature’s ways

surrounding Bob and I today.

The heat

the cold

the winds

the rain

the fires

the floods from the past week

it all came

all-around

and as these storms

disrupted so very much

we felt quite scrambled

and out of touch

with freedom.

(Written on January 14, 2015)