Dry and burning
forest and brush
water less
lands parched
even the emerald green
northwest
has a thirsty
dull look this fall.
It started raining
just when it was
supposed to
we are the lucky ones
on the west side
of the mountains
Our world keeps
reeling from
natural disaster
to man made
catastrophes
birth pains
or apocalypse
Water
we are thirsty for
Living water
we can’t live
without this
watering
© 2014 Julie Clark
Backfromtheborderlands's Blog 
My hometown is still smoked in. It’s nearly October and the fire base camp is twice the population of the town.
Crazy! They got some rain while we were down that way. Went through Weed and got the scoop at the local gas station.