By Patrick Johnson
Hot, stifling
Sound deafening
So dark
Smoke intense
Confusion, panic
Running, scared
Deploying shelter
No time to wait
Why are they going up there?
Shouting, they do not hear
Drawing shelter over
Laying on the ground
Can’t breathe
Will we all die?
The screaming
But life continues in the Okanogan
Patrick Johnson lives in the upper Rendezvous area.
