The fire
alert message came
“Fire at
Sanderston: heading for Cambrai”
Smoke already
obscuring the sky
The smell of
burning in the air
But we
couldn’t see anything at all
Didn’t know
where or how far the fire was?
My daughter
and her 3 children
Were staying
with me at my home
It was their
safety that was paramount!
We prayed for
the wind to change
Saw the
answer to our prayers
Smoke cleared
away within a little while
Where there
was only blackness before
With tiny
glimpses of our fiery red sun
Now we could
see clearly: at last
That’s when
we saw the fires
Racing
headlong across the hills
So many
fires: kilometres long
Smoke
billowing: blown along
On that crazy
race along the hills
The car was
packed and ready
Just in case
we had to flee
We just
couldn’t imagine what we’d see
There were
fires all around us
Near Yookamurra conservation Park
to the east
At Angas
Valley to the south east
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