Aftermath

under water it is

all or most everything
homes and businesses
north to south
all points in between,
up-rooted trees
others twisted off,
creatures large and small
in hiding still...
we have no future
without a past,
no present without
a dream fulfilled,
bodies washed away
never seen again,
some found buried
in the muck...
we pray for intervention
it arrives at the end,
always too late but
well intentioned, it is.
there were other times 
as well when, Nero fiddled
scribes recorded, passing
it down through history,
and today, once again,
the gods taunt us with their
out of reach gestures,
letting us know too clear
that we are only human.

October 10, 2024