Uneasy Autumn
Uneasy autumn Lines of rigid ash Along darkened roads Smoke chokes the air Of the only home I’ve known It seems as if the sun Is vacationing somewhere Uneasy autumn in a burning world Uneasy autumn A stranger in this place Seasonal pleasures of cider and leaves Are replaced by shivers of fear As we begin to say goodbye To the home we held so dear A dark blanket unfurled in an Uneasy autumn in a burning world Uneasy autumn Even the sea is enraged Waves whipping ashore Like a beast freed from a cage Homes lost to the depths Or vanished in the smoke Even the air becomes an enemy during an Uneasy autumn in a burning world