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
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