Death claims much souls regardless of their age <br />Or sex, community or nation, state; <br />An act of God, man, Nature none can gauge, <br />That brings both high and low to the same fate. <br /> <br />The earthquake razes many to the ground, <br />Buried alive under tons of rubble; <br />Many will die; their bodies can’t be found; <br />The lucky few escape despite trouble. <br /> <br />How people fight over a piece of land! <br />Can they not live with love and amity? <br />What can they do ‘gainst Nature’s cruel hand? <br />Helpless is man in such calamity. <br /> <br />Man, listen thy earthly life shall perish; <br />Renew thy ties with God; be less selfish. <br /> <br /> 30-1-2001<br /><br />Dr John Celes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-death-comes-like-a-thief/
