Nature's anger

My heart sank as I read the news. An earthquake in Sumatra caused a tidal wave that swept across the coast line of North Malaysia. As of today, 53 people are confirmed dead. But the death toll in Asia reaches 23,000...

Suddenly it made me feel small.
Like a dot of insignificance.
Numbness and pangs of sharp pains filled my body
As I flick through the pictures of damaged houses,
broken homes and watered grounds.
Faces of despair and despondency
roamed the streets of twisted faith.
What have we done wrong
To deserve rejections -
to pay the penalties with blood and tears.
If nature's anger roars
No single man is spared.
For each and every man is one.
The hurt of one is shared by all;
for their loss is mine to keep.
But let my warm wishes
sincerely pass to them
The love and care of one,
be absorbed as part of all.

With Metta,
Wendy