The 2023 Texas Drought 

Crunchy grass and muggy air
Another drought filled night
No hint of rain found anywhere
On this September night
It’s been this way, all summer heat
Without any relief
The forecast promising deceit
Just adding to our grief

The plants are dead, the grass is brown
The wildlife is trying
But even still, across our town
So many things are dying
A summer unlike what we’ve known
In many years, if ever
We need to see the storms at home
How much a grand endeavor

Our planet in a periled state
Is screaming a forewarning
We need to change, if not too late
To stop this time of mourning
If summer has been but a test
It has shown all too well
We would all be very hard pressed
To live our days in Hell.