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Tsunami
Contributed by
Melovee
on
Friday, 31st December 2004 @ 01:01:37 PM in AEST
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Tsunami
homes destroyed
bodies mangled
in the wake of her path
she roared
from the bottom
of the deep
blue sea
indiscriminately
comsuming all
everything in her path
where are the children
where is my wife
where is he
my devoted husband
he was out on the sea
as he does everyday
he must come back
he will come back
he did yesterday
how will I go on
I have lost everything
Every thing
I have a picture of him
you see
he has a mark above
his eye
you must help me find him
he was my everything
broken dreams
scattered screams
women and men
patting their bodies
in grief and despair
have you seen my child
she was right over there
two days ago
I will sit here
until
she comes back
like a miracle
out of the chaos
floating
on a mattress
is it her
Oh please God
let it be
I can't stand the
smell any longer
too much to bear
too many reminders
of that day
when she, Tsunami
came roaring through
our quiet little village
it was just yesterday
when she sat on my lap
tinkered with my hair
Big brown eyes
staring up at me
now the eyes of
my village
will never be the same
we are different today
those who have survived
ask themselves
why me
why did you not
take me
with the rest
of my family
I do not want
to go on without them
there is nothing left
nothing
except the stench
of a former smile
a giggle lost
but
never forgotten
April Patterson
December 31, 2004
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Melovee
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Re: Tsunami
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by Blackevar on
Friday, 31st December 2004 @ 01:46:29 PM AEST
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Love the stench of a smile line.
it's a very human look at the tragedy,
really touching.
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