When Doves Cry In Maui

The fires they breach far and wide yet leaving no nest not low or high the closer it gets the farther we fly wind swept smoke clouding the eyes distance by distance higher the height homes all gone as we struggle for life sometimes surrounded, safety in flight leaving those behind who could not fight Land for a moment till heats comes nigh then keep going or else die no creature is spared behind in sight a burning retreat required requite in the darkness of night fleeing the light that consumes all in it's way the closer it gets panic and fits it causes without delay through it all that endless request we make from day to day grant us life a way to live and a way to get away It cannot burn the ocean and it cannot burn the sand a wall of safety so secure till fuel is turned to ashes the terror is past and we've been asked is there anything left behind then and there at that moment I knew when doves cry