A Word For Thought Poem by James Lee Watts

It’s scorching hot and your whole family are having fun,
Your bodies tanning as you lie in the sun,
The kids are in the sea and your lying on the golden sand,
And the beer is resting softly in your hand,
Suddenly you slowly drift away,
And you think to yourself I wish I could stay,

But you jump up as you hear a scream and a cry,
And then you find yourself asking why,
You look out toward the sea,
And your brain tells you this cant happen to me,

A tower of water builds in front of you,
This is so unbelievable it cant be true,
You run into the water, it’s a chance you’ve just got to take,
You grab the kids and make a break,


Your try to run away but it catches you quick,
And when the water hits you its like 50 million rocks,
Crushing you heart brick by brick,
You grab a palm tree as you rise up the surf and into the sky,
You hope it’s a dream and you going to wake up,
You hope this isn’t the final goodbye,

And you hang on to try and stay alive,
Your family near is all you thrive,
But they disappear and you don’t know where they’ve gone,
Its seems like it an eternity that the sun shone,
Your bodies ice cold but nobodies there to save you,
You need them to help you, where’s the rescue crew?

You cant hold on much longer,
You wish you had the strength to be stronger,
But you have to let go,
Because it doesn’t look like rescue’s going to show,
Your family with you is all you crave,
As you swept away to you watery grave.

We can help the helpless, help re-build what’s left of peoples lives.
What if someone you loved was there?