Buildings Poem by Vera Sidhwa

Buildings


Buildings fell all around me.
The karma of the Earth.
When I looked at the damage,
I could only destruction see.

Why the karma is like that,
I asked in a wide-eyed way?
Have we done something wrong,
To deserve the earthquake way?

I wanted to know the deep knowledge,
Of why things happen the way they do.
I never understood a lot of things,
Coming our way.

Buildings fell all around me,
The karma of the Earth.
My knowledge limited,
Did not let me know.