Rachel Morton
Inspiration piece
Headlong into Oblivion
(reflections on the earthquake in Haiti, Hurricane Katrina and the tsunami in Indonesia)
By Kathy Doran
Response
The deaf man didn’t hear Vesuvius roar
The blind boy ran but couldn’t find the door
Earthquakes, volcanoes and floods all plunder
Human beings, farmland and buildings, plowed under
Cracked and shaking ground or liquid rock scalds the earth
Sending souls back to the source of their birth
Frozen in time, a lasting impression
Frozen by fear, an engraved expression
Where we come from we do not know
One thing is certain, back there we’ll go.
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