Disaster and Demise
We're quick to blame God, man or nature. Sometimes we are right. Sometimes we couldn't be more off base.
Yet, in truth, knowing the reason doesn't change how we feel about the event. We still hurt. We feel loss and devastation. We can't reconcile what has happened with the life we want to believe exists.
This poem has grown out of my own feelings of loss about natural disasters, man-made loss and self-made mistakes. Hopefully it will also touch a chord within you.
I weep for the loss
Of mothers and sons;
Fathers and daughters;
Sisters and brothers
And for all others
Still lost in the storm.
I ache for the touch
Of their hands and hearts;
Their minds and their souls;
For all that they were
And still could have been
If they had survived.
I long for answers
Where none may be found.
It's kismet or fate;
God or the Devil
A real taste of hell
Right here on the Earth.
There is no comfort.
There is no release.
There is just the faith
That a tomorrow
Can bring us real hope;
A new beginning.
Published by Charlotte Kuchinsky
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Post a CommentThank you for sharing. Catching up on pvs. ;-)
I believe we can never understand the real purpose of life. We need to embrace all as part of the whole. We tend to treat as "mine", "yours" etc. But we have only temporary possession. All children are same; need love and care but we want "their own" to bestow such inborn feelings. We tend to shut out basic feelings and reality. We can act as mothers, fathers,sons, daughters etc but let us not forget that we are all one and the same. So when we lose that we cherish, we can find another and adapt without differentiation. That is what the Creator intended; share his creations without borders. Great feelings, Charlotte - siva
Well done Charlie. I think this means a lot to so many people who have lost loves ones and friends in recent storms and other calamities around the world.
Very powerful poem Charlie, amazing work...
Well done and wise!
After losing my dear friend a week ago to the Alabama tornados this really hits home with me. Thank you!
Nicely done, Charlie.
Chord touched, Charlie! It hurts to think of all of the people who have been involved in all of the world's disasters lately. Just so many... :)
I so feel your heart through every word, but your faith, too, Charlie! Thank you for a moving reminder and call...
Very well done. Thank you.