Yolanda Poem by RIC BASTASA

a stranger, even suspected as
man-made,
devastating woman,
mass murderer,
a thief, a plunderer,
the queen of destruction,
underestimated,
no cry woman,
irritating, champion of
all evil,
tormentor, cruel,
unmerciful,
most hated, most feared,
stripper of properties,
ravisher of hopes and
breaker of all our dreams


on the other hand,
as you realize after
she leaves you
penniless, broke and
downtrodden,

she is your first and
best teacher.

and in the hardest way
you learned more than
well enough.