In the wake of Sonoma County's horrific firestorms, a poem

Here's a poem I'm crafting about the firestorms that blazed through Sonoma County in October. The fires are now all 100 percent contained, but the damage is massive and recovery will be a long process.

to go on

to go on as rainoverdue, patters ashdriveways leadnowhereflames fizzlefire trucks followlonesome roadshometo go on as chimneysnaked, stand alonerubber duckies reston burned-out carstwisted wheels whirreporters pack uplooking for the nextbig storyto go on as evacueeshaunted, rememberfists poundingflames engulfinganimals shriekinghouses explodingpages, charred, floatingthrough noxious airto go on as husbandslong for wives, childrenmourn parents, sistersconsole brothers, babescry for elders, familiesin thousandsreel, no longerwholeto go on as survivorsdazed, open wallets, searchclosets, buy foodfor the ravaged,neighbors hug neighborsgrateful for what waswhat is lost foreverwhat remains Laura McHale HollandNov. 4, 2017 How does this poem affect you? Have you lived through firestorms or something else that devastated large portions of your community? Did you write about it? How did you and your neighbors recover? Photo of charred area from Marketwatch