Paradise is a name that evokes images
of a heavenly scene
Of tranquil seas, gentle breezes and waves
of grassy green
Today a town so misnamed by a fiery
deadly hell
Totally burned to the ground a place
where almost no one can now dwell
A town with lots of retirees trying
to the flames trying to flee
Roads encased in flames from burning
and exploding trees
83 dead from smoke and flames that
moved at lightning speed
Life in the face of a raging Mother
Nature clinging on a slender reed
No Paradise in Paradise only ash and
the burnt scent of death
While miles away in the Bay Area
residents are choking for breath
The second punch may be delivered on
Thursday
Increasing rain means deadly mudslides
are on their way
We humans may be on the top of the
food chain and think Mother Nature we can rule
The dead, hundreds still missing and
the burned out homeless show that idea is one of fools
© November 22, 2018 Michael P. Ridley
aka the Alaskanpoet
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