The Wildfires Are Coming

This first appeared in East Side Magazine, Jan/Feb/March 2025 Ce issue

The wildfires are coming

incinerating our connectivity

wires dangling above the sky

Quémate 

The wildfires are coming

trampling the concrete-covered

roadways leading to nowhere

Quémame 

The wildfires are coming

chasing away the pillagers 

back to where they came from

Quémate 

The wildfires are coming

melting away the digital silos

that pretend to protect

Quémame 

The wildfires are coming

no wall or security-watched gate

can keep it from entering

Quémate 

The wildfires are coming

fear mongering and hate

will be equally left in ash

Quémame 

The wildfires are coming

communities obsessed with 

keeping others out will burn the same

Quémate 

The wildfires are coming

science and society cannot

explain them away

Quémame 

The wildfires are coming

the beauty of the heat is

unmatched by mitigation measures

Quémate 

The wildfires are coming

our ancestors watch 

patiently awaiting a sign

Quémame 

The wildfires are coming

and will consume the

burnout from our lives

Quémate 

The wildfires are coming

cleansing our isolation

from the map of our globalization

Quémame 

The wildfires are coming

delivering us from our divide

unto each other 

Quémanos

The wildfires are coming.