Hear us
                                                             scream		                          beg	
	                                 in terror		              in pain		                  in silence	
	                                                                               as we
                         choke		               vomit	                                grieve		                        rage	
powerless                 impotent                hearts breaking	    thoughts boiling	       judging you
	                                                                      because of the
                           ash		               death	                                   loss		                 destruction
                                                                                     from the
	                                 wildfires                        droughts		              heat
		                                           ravaging		                         killing		
                                                                    the only world we have.


                                                                                           And
                                                                                do something
                            before those who erred	                      before our children, blameless
                                                                                            die