With my most sincere apologies to Lord Byron, I think his words best express my feelings about the horror and devestation caused by the tsunami:
Every feeling hath been shaken;
Pride, which not a world could bow,
Bows to thee-by thee forsaken,
Even my soul forsakes me now;
But 'tis done-all words are idle;
Words from me are vainer still;
But the thoughts we cannot bridle
Force their way without the will.
Fare thee well! I thus disunited,
Torn from every nearer tie,
Seared in heart, and lone, and blighted,
More than this I scarce can die.
Every feeling hath been shaken;
Pride, which not a world could bow,
Bows to thee-by thee forsaken,
Even my soul forsakes me now;
But 'tis done-all words are idle;
Words from me are vainer still;
But the thoughts we cannot bridle
Force their way without the will.
Fare thee well! I thus disunited,
Torn from every nearer tie,
Seared in heart, and lone, and blighted,
More than this I scarce can die.
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brocklee:
dood....those words...those words
mistyfly:
i think i was living in London when i wrote that poem. 21 years old, living alone in a foreign country, challenging myself...and thinking of some that i left behind, that would never dare do anything too hard emotionally or financially, like move across the atlantic to fare for themselves...those whom never left my home town and just stay somewhere comfortable and known...i'll find something more happy next time