The disaster <br /> <br />…….. and it finally came <br /> no prior note given. <br /> <br />Unannounced came an earthquake, <br /> just a jerk, <br /> a sinister shake, <br />one ominous tilt, <br />nature had no guilt. <br /> <br />All tumbled down. <br />Man’s erections in debris lie. <br />The forbidden souls in gloom cry. <br /> <br />Orphaned, unfathered, <br />Unhomed, uncared……. <br /> <br />Rescue workers distribute grain and rice. <br />Politicians, big promises. <br /> <br />Roofless souls and squatters <br /> stare at vacant sky in a woeful night. <br /> <br />The earthquake……… <br />It is news for the rich. <br />It is catastrophe for the poor. <br /> <br /> <br />--------<br /><br />Ramesh Iyengar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-disaster/
