04-18-2015, 06:00 AM
was going to write this in 2011 after the Japan quake but never did...thanks for the push.
Moving the Axis
The Earth moved again,
and not just a hiccup,
it vomited fury.
It lifted an island 8 feet,
and shifted Earth's axis by centimeters.
I woke feeling the weight of thousands dead,
heavy from concrete or
mud filled lungs as chunks of debris slam against skin,
a tsunami surge lurching forth like a heaving monster,
taking down buildings in the wake of its black skin.
The merciless gods of the sky
plant the dead in the ocean--
taste of pearls on tiny tongues, bloating
eyes pecked by curious fish
wishing to take in last sights.
Air soon became a toxic cancer
slowing attacking the will of those left.
Here in my perfect part of the world I light candles
and pray to the merciless gods
for those who have passed,
but mostly for those who have not.
Moving the Axis
The Earth moved again,
and not just a hiccup,
it vomited fury.
It lifted an island 8 feet,
and shifted Earth's axis by centimeters.
I woke feeling the weight of thousands dead,
heavy from concrete or
mud filled lungs as chunks of debris slam against skin,
a tsunami surge lurching forth like a heaving monster,
taking down buildings in the wake of its black skin.
The merciless gods of the sky
plant the dead in the ocean--
taste of pearls on tiny tongues, bloating
eyes pecked by curious fish
wishing to take in last sights.
Air soon became a toxic cancer
slowing attacking the will of those left.
Here in my perfect part of the world I light candles
and pray to the merciless gods
for those who have passed,
but mostly for those who have not.