“Flooded”
“Flooded”
All laid bare as death recedes
fast incoming tide follows
surprisingly swift, this grief
dredging up buried feelings
photographs of moments gone
memories dear and
those we'd rather forget
propelling this wreckage of us far ashore
quiet eerie pause
as if to leave it there
then haha no
waters spin an abrupt about face
tumbling my heart in sorrow's churn
gathered loot hoarded
hissing stampede back out to sea
flinging its plunder to the rising crest
of the tsunami
everyone knew would come.
…….
Inspired by recent tsunami warnings and my grief.
Image: Matt Hardy for Unsplash