Global Warming - Protest

A lone survivor from the town
Whose weather-beaten roof
Was the only dry land seen for miles.
Lips chapped,
Skin splintered,
His words were incoherent.
Our medical supplies diminish
Water, water everywhere.
Yet we have dehydrating patients everywhere.
Towering waves of people roll in.
With dazed eyes,
And loved ones missing.

In Phuket, nature rages its war against us,
For humankind has long begun this destruction.

A lone survivor from the town
Who hides under his fallen weather-beaten roof.
In a street full of debris
And skeletons of houses.
Cuts bleeding,
Glass lodged in his knee,
Ribs broken from a fallen tree,
The gale-force wind drowns out his screams.
Our bread supplies diminish
Tension in the air
As robbers find treasure
In unguarded homes.
Currents of people flow in
With anguished looks
And relatives missing.

In New Orleanss, nature rages its war against us.
For humankind has long begun this destruction.

Disaster

Out in the park on a warm summer's day
Family love, fanning each other
Basking in the sun
No danger
Clouds roll in
The clouds look angry
Animals panic
Danger ahead
Warning signs were given
Deaf to one's ears
Repetition to the boy who cried wolf
Of the passing weeks
In a sudden there's a tremble
Pace increasing
Family panics
No place to run or hide
Buildings crash down
The road splits in two
Debris rains down
Killing thousands in Kanto
Brave, the father shelters his family
A sacrifice
His children and his wife
Sheltered by his own flesh and blood

The bombing

The baby reaches up to touch
The fan on the toy mobile
Grasping the fan, the baby giggles.
It stretches for its mother for a cuddle.

The bomb that killed Sadako intrudes.

The invisible force litters streets with rubble.
And corpses.
And the little fan.
And the scraps of a pram.