I WISH YOU COULD...

I wish you could see the sadness of a business man as his

livelihood goes up in flames or that family returning home,

only to find their house and belongings damaged or destroyed.

I wish you could know what it is to search a burning bedroom

for trapped children, flames rolling above your head,

your palms and knees burning as you crawl, the floor

sagging under your weight as the kitchen beneath you burns.

I wish you…