the [woosley] fire

shadows begin to creak

and soot pours into my sneaker

it is

q

u

i

e

t

but wait...there is sound

a brittle crunch

a hollow whistle

a wooden sigh

at the ravine we find mud

and a coyote's bones 

neatly laid out

each rib softly rests 

in its place

or maybe it is a pet friend

a pair of hawks shriek from above

we see you!

we see you.

my view opens up and out

i can see all the way across

all

the

way

across

to homes where my feet found warmth

and

to houses i peeked around corners to see

a storm of fire imagines in my eye

flickers and dies

as i walk and walk and sit and look and look

i spot sprites of kelly green

i can only think

i see you.

virgen de guadalupe at kelly's home

malibu, california

november 2018

35mm

warped sheet metal on horizon drive

malibu, california

november 2018

35mm

scorched mountainside on kanan road

malibu, california

november 2018

35mm

kelly in front of her home

malibu, california

january 2019

35mm

an unscathed cherub statue at kelly's home

malibu, california

november 2018

35mm

patterns in the singed earth on kanan road

malibu, california

november 2018

35mm

view over the pacific from horizon drive

malibu, california

november 2018

35mm

kelly after rummaging through her home

malibu, california

january 2019

35mm

an overturned truck on morning view drive

malibu, california

november 2018

35mm

red sap oozes from a severed tree trunk on greenwater road

malibu, california

january 2019

35mm

melted cars beneath crooked branches on greenwater road

malibu, california

january 2019

35mm

a car's slurred colors of metal and paint on cuthbert road

malibu, california

november 2018

35mm

kelly stands in her home's garden

malibu, california

january 2019

35mm

another virgen de guadalupe at kelly's home

malibu, california

november 2018

35mm