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 Understanding
The sea is freedom
And Jesus was a sailor
We don't understand
Unless you are a jailor
Tsunami was the prison
That locked us in
In Sri Lanka and India
Unless we believe in
The higher goodness
And journey of the soul
Man learns only
When he sinks like a stone
Beneath the surface
And oil slick destiny
Where is the mutiny?
Travelling in a yellow submarine
What have we learned?
From aquamarine
Marina comes back
In wooden ships and logs
Standing on the isle
Lord Krishna and the dogs
The faithful ones
The karmic ones
Build a home
A family and a nation
Don't take a nap
Before you reach the station
Love is a flower
In a bowl of rice
Each grain a thousand petals
On palms where they lie.
