We Breathe You - Armando Garcia-Dávila
Larry Robinson
Lrobpoet at sonic.net
Mon Sep 21 06:20:08 PDT 2015
We Breathe You
There was a curious dusting of a talcum-like substance on my car one morning last week.
I drove away. It flew off, disappearing into the air.
Then it came to me.
The fires.
The terrible, terrible fires reducing your homes, your towns, even some of you into fine ash and carried on the wind thirty, forty, fifty, miles off.
We read newspapers, see the pictures and videos, wring our hands and pray.
My wife put together blankets, pillows, food and water.
“Paper says you can leave them at Community Market. They’ll get them to the victims.”
I couldn’t get into the market’s driveway for the long lines of those dropping off their boxes filled with concern and love.
Heard that I could take the items to a union hall – “We hopped to get enough to fill a semi truckload,” the man at the hall said, “but we got that on the first day, we’re sending another.”
So many good people.
And the ash of your homes, towns, of you - we breathe it in taking you into our bodies - you literally become us - streaming through our hearts.
- Armando Garcia-Dávila
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