Earth shook,
under terrible weight and shock
Tectonic plates slipped,
Seismic waves gyrated,
The Earth's crust punctured
crushing life and longings,
The roofs came down.
Dreams vanished just as
air from a punctured balloon
The bread winners of the family, gone,
Women and children,
belongings and livestock,
everything buried alive.
In the vortex of fury,
nothing is left
except,
a pile of wrack and ruin
Trees uprooted,
Everything scattered
like planets thrown out of orbits
Elements fell silent
under searing pain
No one, left to heave a sigh
or anyone to be traumatized
over the after shocks
‘Tout est complet'
While some are left with shock and grief others disappear with out a trace. Tragedy of earthquake is overwhelming so well painted in your words.
Heart touching description on earthquake, penned to a painful sight. Many thanks madam.
I very much liked the metre of the poem, which is quite appropriate to the sad catastrophe described. While reading the poem, one can almost feel the vibration of a quake. I stand up to applaud.10/10 from me.
Dreams vanished just as air from a punctured ballooon! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
A Beautiful description of earthquake and its side effects of killing many people. Very true said in few lines... Trees uprooted, Everything scattered like planets thrown out of orbits......Loved reading each lines. Beautifully portrayed. +++10
A Beautiful description of earthquake and its side effects of killing many people. Very true said in few lines... Trees uprooted, Everything scattered like planets thrown out of orbits......Loved reading each lines. Beautifully portrayed. +++10
A Beautiful description of earthquake and its side effects of killing many people. Very true said in few lines... Trees uprooted, Everything scattered like planets thrown out of orbits......Loved reading each lines. Beautifully portrayed. +++10
A Beautiful description of earthquake and its side effects of killing many people. Very true said in few lines... Trees uprooted, Everything scattered like planets thrown out of orbits......Loved reading each lines. Beautifully portrayed. +++10
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
The destruction so truly described is complete. Yet a new day provides new hope, hopefully. A powerful poem.