there was no time to run
there was no where to hide but
overcomed by waves more then 10 feet wide
my home town was flated into
a massive pancake of rubble
my family & neighbors were
swept far out to the sea
their screams & crys still
haunt me
until to this very day
i was one of the lucky ones slightly
bruised & cut up but still alive
clinging onto a tree branch that
my mother encouraged me to hang onto
before i saw the vicous & powerfull
waves take her under right before
my very eyes i screamed in agony reaching
out my left hand trying to grasp my mommy to safey
but it was too late i told her i
loved her so in many ways to know
the storm ended in a whim of an instance
i looked around as i tried to collect myself
that had been swepted a big part
of my body & soul away from me
from the killer eyes of the wicked storm
that was slowly disappeared right above me .
THIS POEM IS ALL MINE
I remember watching this on the news. It's almost as if you went through it, and a writer has to know how to be someone else in a situation, nicely played out.