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Earthquake
There is no way to sugar coat this pill;
The empty arm which dangles from the bricks
Defies all thoughts and prayers and commentary.
The old man howling for his missing wife,
His private grief invaded by the hacks,
Speaks words of simple, bitter dignity,
For viewing on the global carousel.
As leaders bring their unkept promises,
The numbers climb, as on election night.
T...
Saturday 11th February 2023 9:06 am
EarthShake
Everything begins to shake… Earthquake! Earthquake!
All I hear is people screaming
All I see is people running, ducking, taking cover under
Falling ceilings in the building
Crushing women, men and children
And I’m stuck… standing stagnant in this chaos
Tryna move, tryna breathe
Poland spring machine spewing water
Feeling like the elevator, out of order
Fire burning,...
Friday 23rd March 2018 2:13 pm
Araboth
Araboth
One day there will be a city built from the ashes of a nuclear war that killed 6 billion people. A city built to hold a million but they’re all dead ’cause of the war.
So only twenty thousand live there, in defiance of what they have all done.
For Mother Nature will strike them down and take Her revenge against Man,
for what he has done to Her only pearl. Araboth w...
Monday 7th May 2012 9:35 pm
'Devastation' (with recent events in Japan in mind).
'Devastation'
Devastation
Leads to candle light
Leads to despair
Leads to repair
Too... togetherness
Devastation
Leads to who you are
As a people
As a person
As one
Devastation
Leads to the sorrow
Leads to the loss
Leads to the humbling
That brings out,
the best of human kind
...Thursday 21st April 2011 3:15 pm
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