Fire Season in the Rocky Mountains ~ A free verse poem

Dry lightning,

hot embers from a forgotten camp fire,

a carelessly tossed cigarette,

fireworks safe and sane,

fireworks unsafe and insane ...

A random spark

flames

and licks at dry undergrowth

then leaps to tree limbs,

leaps from tree to tree ...

Devastation

in the Rocky Mountains

a natural

or manmade disaster.