Do not fear

About this poem

Today I woke up and our skies darkened. It’s supposed to be a beautiful sunny day with no clouds in sight but we noticed the entire sky was orange and all around us was a glowing haze. I have never seen anything like this before. It feels like this is what it would look like if I was on Mars. It's like a scene out of the “Blade Runner” when it showed the New York Skyline. We were not sure what was going on so we turned on the news and found out that there were fires all around us. Some towns right down the street are on fire and Canada has it the worst. The smoke from these fires have darkened our skies and made our air quality very bad. I remember sitting in the living room watching how scary all of this was but I heard myself come out and say we will be okay because God will protect us. I decided to sit down and write a poem. I wanted to reflect on the fears we fear everyday. I wanted to give a vivid picture of the things I was seeing, feeling, and what I believe in. Scary thing more »