The h2g2 Poem
Created | Updated Feb 3, 2005
This is a series of poems dealing with the recent Tsunami in the Indian Ocean. Each is linked to the next in the series.
The Tragedy of 26th December, 2004
A few seconds churn
On ocean fringe coast
A million swept away
In tragedy utmost
Asia lay
Soaked in salt
Her half breathing gestures
Struggling to halt
The death of a fisherman
And a girl and a boy
Dug like a toy
In sand swept island
Somewhere in Thailand
What do we know clubbing at night?
The froths of beer
And candle afright
Would you take the orphans back home?
Or spend the money on crime warzones?
Asia floats on Christmas tear
The death toll rising
How would she bear?
Hands hands looking for rice
Some food some aid
Who pays the price?
Asia will rise
From her rubble and wreck
From Japan to India
You have to wait.
