Hemlocked Heart

A fire broke out on my drive home
Black smoke billowed high over the road
From the hilltop to my right,
Beside the white house on the ridge
Not thirty feet from the raging flames
Its windy today

A plane flew low above my car
Red stripes on white
To save the day
Did they fill up in the lake?
The engine fills my car
Smothering the Beach Boys
Its windy today

Then a second, overheard
Headed towards the hilltop
With the little white house
Beside the column of smoke
Its windy today

My phone buzzes
There is a fire
I know, I’ve seen it,
Heard the planes
Smelt the smoke
Its windy today

Hours later another buz
The fire is contained at 0.49 acers
Its still windy

In the morning the fire is gone
Put out with planes and heroes
The wind has stopped.