Tsunami: Japan

As the moon waxed and waned;

As the partial world set dreams to rest;

The island country ran its grinding day;

The Earth, her rumble began its test.

The thunderous tremble started in;

The shuttering of buildings and walls began;

The Earth, she did not waste haste;

Her plates they could no longer take.

Splitting 'neath the waters' tides;

Mother Nature granted her sigh;

One which left a sorrowed city;

A crumbled country, ruins, pity.

When the waves they crashed ashore;

Until the ocean reaped no more;

Havoc wrang across the plains;

Wreaking destruction, taking means.

Among the tireless media cry;

The World, she watches to this nigh;

Awaiting numbers with anxious eyes;

While Mother Earth's people stop in stride.

We wait, we watch, we listen, we hope;

While God, Mother Earth, and Humanity weep;

And prayers are sung while victims cope;

Japan, to you our souls are weak...

Our hearts ring out to your entire nation;

With love, generosity, open hands;

To you we offer empathy, prayers, and patience;

And to you all, solace and peace for your land.

~K