Permanent Scars

The storm passed but the water stayed

Bodies floating by like a marching parade

People trapped in houses for days on end

Because help the Government did not send

And on roof tops people waited

Their community with water was inundated

With levees full of holes the water couldn't drain

The levees failed because no one maintained

Water lines on houses like a permanent scars

Debris in the trees strange and bizarre

Rotting food and animals starting to compose

The stench in the air filling your nose

On the front of houses X's with spray paint

Through the city search teams navigate

Showing the house was searched and what was found

House after house the X's compound

Another permanent scar of the of the devastation

Just one step away from complete annihilation

And Governments were completely dumbfounded

As the water rose and everything was surrounded

Rising over the eves with only the roof tops

Were showing when it finally did stop

Complete family history's washed away

Another permanent scar in less that half a day

Sudden memories of this event can occur

Mind and memories do not necessarily confer

It could be the simplest objects viewed

Flooding memories return not subdued

Permanent scars of things lost with the water intrusion

Was it replaced or not a state of permanent confusion

It appears the memories will never suspend

Until the days will come to an end

And no formula can determine the pain

That all affected has sustained

It's a fact in which we must deal

Permanent scars about how we feel