<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=521754" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Wildfire Close to Home</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another. ' Thomas Merton</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Night streaks the afternoon sky.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Smoke pours through trees<br>riots through suburban streets, <br>flames snarl, snap in the meadow, <br>the red beast<br>just beyond the fence.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I feel its glare<br>as wild heat brushes my brow.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Crossing arms, I walk <br>quickly, first to the corner, <br>then to the threatened house, <br>where my young neighbor <br>clutches her baby<br>and wonders <br>when will it be time to flee, <br>leave home, <br>abandon furniture, new carpets, tv<br>dreams of<br>safety. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">We watch and wait <br>for the calm firemen<br>to arrest this marauder <br>cool its rage <br>restore to ordered life<br>this blue July day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Steven+Federle">Steven Federle</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=521754" data-title="Wildfire Close to Home de Steven Federle" data-description="'The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another. ' Thomas Merton Night streaks the afternoon sky. Smoke pours throug..."></div> </div> </div>

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