the earth is weeping

after the swirling sky

awoke, opened

her eyes, and let tears

fall as tributaries.

 

and the wind who felt

confined in all this

emotional expression

took the opportunity

to blow out rage.

 

and the people just

watched and

remembered that they

were insignificant in

the midst of the power

 

of the minute ball of

dust and water where

they dwell in the middle

of only one galaxy of

a 100 billion stars and

 

chose not to think even

further still at the vastness

and terror of it all. instead

they were reminded to

soak up every moment

 

that they are granted,

to seek beauty whenever

it is found and to remember

to love each other well

—and to live.

 

-after watching the destruction in our tiny country caused by Cyclone Gabrielle.

©Heather Pound 2023

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