My Thoughts, Once Again

When The Earth Moved
repeat from
January 28, 2010

When the time heals all 

a day like

any other

preparing evening

meal for all

change quickly

happened

first rattle

sense uneasiness

feeling spread

quickly

sense of doom

unable to stand

walls shaking

flying through air

goods from walls

run they screamed

outside now

knocked to ground

crawling to door

who made it out

not me

walls collapsed

ceiling soon followed

cascade

tumbling

falling

weight of the world

no feeling in legs

unable to breathe

crushed below

gasping last breath

how quickly it ends

no goodbyes

no hug

no kiss

no last words

no time to say

love you

walking down hallway

fancy place in town

best place to stay

columns in place

sandy soil

short cuts taken

building heaves

earth shakes

snap crackle

foundation buckle

like a pancake

floor on top

of floor

collapse as one

no time to scream

gone

stagger into street

people crying

babies wander

blood washes roads

running running

after shock

again again

no end

why why

help me

all cry as one

policeman

fireman

doctor

no more

water gone

food gone

bodies waste

help us

no one cares

world unites

rally to help

docks gone

airport gone

roads gone

help on way

looking searching

pull back rubble

dog sniffs

cry is heard

baby brought out

cheer goes up

one is saved

pits are dug

deep and wide

bodies stacked

thousands now

pushed in covered

buried unknown

recovery begins

once again

slow and painful

how do you

take away

everything

from people

who have

nothing

wounds
nature like crouching
tiger in ambush 
waiting waiting
once more


Wall Of Water
repeat from

December 26th, 2009

ideal setting
coastal town
postcard perfect
sunny day
blue skies
crowded beaches
busy time
paradise for some

ominous signs
suddenly
water recedes
like never before
beach quickly grows
out further and further
sea shells
fish flopping
children playing
men and women
gaze and wonder
all is quiet

somewhere deep
in the bowels
of ocean
earthquake strikes
land shifts
water gathers
hurtling forward
tremendous speed
hundreds of miles
an hour
unsuspecting
people
unaware disaster
lurking
on horizon

a cry
from lips
water rising
ever higher
ocean wall
monster heights
angry god
lashing out
inland racing
gathering all
before it
smothering life
objects ravenous
all succumb
draws out to sea

nothingness
left behind
bewildered
survivors cry
stunned once more
ocean releases
flotsam and jetsam
only signs
of happening before
tsunami by name
destructive force
time heals all
wounds
nature like crouching
tiger in ambush
waiting waiting
once more