Through the Smoke and Fire

There's life after smoke but for a while there it didn't seem like it

Everything was seen through a thick haze

It kind of looked apocalyptic

or like when Mt. Saint Helens blew its lid when I was young

The ash arrived in our state a day later and it looked sort of like this

Fortunately the smoke didn't bother my eyes or lungs as it did some

Now we appreciate wind blowing it all away

It's a brighter day now

But many days of smoke are still in our memoriess