TSUNAMI-DECEMBER 26th 2004 - MY REFLECTION

TSUNAMI-DECEMBER 26^th 2004

‘I will go

I will see…

I will conquer…’

As I consider these words

that design the poster,

I think back

To the year that has flown by,

These words never struck me ever before,

But now images

Reel before my eyes,

Of the dreadful Sunday,

Just before New Year,

When spirits soared high.

Now it has dampened the mood of all,

Half lie homeless,

Knowing not where to begin

To reconstruct the life they led

Neither knew…

That death would ride,

Those waves

That hijacked many lives.

Death smiled as she rode away,

Waves receded,

Lives faded.

She came…

She saw…

She washed away…

Millions of lives

in one big wave.

Now what is left,

are remnants that shade,

every newspaper that showcase detail,

Deducing life to the matter,

On the page.

They wring out emotions,

Making us numb to pain,

Harping daily on it,

Like a refrain…

…..‘I will go…

I will see

I will conquer.’