Daybreak, bring me your light and your song
I can still see, but not yet very far
Enough to feel the change and spot a bright star
Is that a planet? I've waited so long
To know these reasons why we live
To love, let if flow and freely give

September stories, laden in smoke
Staying inside to escape the air
But needing to run, before I choke
On the sadness and stress, so not fair
To hear of the loss of homes and lives
Wildlife and trees and even a boy
Running thru hell, into the smoke he dives
Still loving while he goes, leaving all his toys