"What a wonderful world we live in",
Are the words that are frequently said.
But an earthquake in Asia some years ago,
Left thousands of people dead.
An earthquake borne from far within,
This planets deep blue sea.
Islands and countries forever scarred,
By a raging tsunami.
To witness such acts of nature,
Hearing screams and deathly squeals.
The waters relentless advancing force,
Gripping at peoples heels.
Trains tossed aside like childrens toys,
While bodies flow on by.
Thousands trapped beneath the waves,
How could so many die?
As waters receded, only then did we see,
What destruction was lain in our path.
Bodies and buildings entombed in mud,
A product of natures wrath.
Bodies strewn across the plains,
Once blessed by Gods' own hand.
Orphans and widows left in its wake,
Will we ever understand?
Such a disaster never seen before,
Brought on by a killer tide.
May we never see its like again,
And may God always be at your side...
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Author:
The ScarletBard (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7), a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2–9.3 Mw struck with an epicentre off the west coast of Aceh in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Hopefully we will never see its like again
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A poem well crafted with great rhyme and meter it reads smoothly and reminds us of a tragic event that took so many lives and disrupted and scared so many more. Very well done most powerful
Thank you very much once again for such lovely feedback.
Hoping your day is full of sunshine
A sad and touching write of the tragic event that occured, and reminding us of the emmense power of nature, nicely expressed and written
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