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Tsunamis
The time 00:58 UTC
The date December 26, 2004 The place Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra Located 3.267�N, 95.821�E At a depth of 30Km (18.6miles) The earth roared louder than a lion Under the Indian Ocean It trembled, Was furious, It yelled! In anger it cracked! Shook the land from Indonesia To Thailand To India To Malaysia To Sri Lanka To Kenya As far as Somalia As it lowered back into the sea It threw up massive water, produced wave Washed away a whole generation Then sank And there was quietness in the land. Debris covered the surface of water
Boats seen on land beyond imagination Human bodies, float in exchange for fishes on land Children were most hit Cities sank Where there was an Island before, two were seen The earth shook to its very foundation As Islands at the scene move farther Still counting the losses Figures climbing Thousands still missing Thousands injured Foreigners from more than 36 nations confirmed dead A day when there were no enough living To bury the dead In search of peace
In search of harmony In search of quietness Man abandoned the hassles of cities Crawled to remote part on holiday With children, Wives, Husbands A whole family To enjoy the nature To take bath in the sun With promises to come back Only not to come back As the earth shook Roared Furious Yelled Cracked Threw up Washed away Sank Then quietness Promises gone with it
Tomorrow never came No time to say good bye One was left the other was taken Children looking for parents Parents looking for children Dead everywhere As the earth roared In its furious she took away loved ones While she yelled, she dismantled edifice As it cracked, she cracked structures As she threw up water she entered cities, buried cities As she washed away, she took with her men, women, children, animals, animate, inanimate, things and beings Then she sank And there was quietness Can man sit down for a minute?
Can man just humble self? Just for a minute can man pause? Can man see the damages he is causing his future? In his greediness man rob himself of tomorrow Having destroyed his yesterday With no history of today Thinking all in all that after all he is smart With no sensors to warn Animals detect the signal The moved before the earth roared The panicked on the mountain The watched in amazement As nature played Then is man really smart? As we stole from nature,
Nature is kind by looking away Waiting quietly for a day of revenge A day she will show no mercy A day she will cause pains and agonies And the day came The earth roared louder than a lion It trembled, Was furious, It yelled! In anger it cracked! As it lowered back into the sea It threw up massive water, produced wave Washed away a whole generation Then sank And there was quietness in the land. We build cities from what we stole from earth
We continue pumping oil out of the ground We engineered food We engineered human being but nature was quiet Watching us quietly Waiting for the day of revenge A day she will show no mercy A day she will cause gnashing of teeth And the day came The earth roared louder than a lion It trembled, Was furious, It yelled! In anger it cracked! As it lowered back into the sea It threw up massive water, produced wave Washed away a whole generation Then sank And there was quietness in the land. Whatever we take from nature, shall nature take
back.
Not tomorrow, not today but yesterday Not the quantity taken but in thousands folds Not where it was taken but somewhere else. In unleashing its judgment, It causes pains and agonies among innocents Sparing the greediest of men Robbing fathers of mothers Denying children of parents Submerging states, swallowing cities In our greediness to consume all we met
here
Nation wage war against nation Bigger countries invade smaller ones Millions carted into slavery The destruction we witnessed today Started years back Whatever we take from nature, shall nature take back. Not tomorrow, not today but yesterday Not the quantity taken but in thousands folds Not where it was taken but somewhere else. In unleashing its judgment, It causes pains and agonies among innocents Submarines swimming under the sea Earth so much disturbed Under sea nuclear weapon test Space exploration As if humanity has more than a world Or more than a life Or more than an opportunity As things will pass away Whatever we take from nature, shall nature take back. Not tomorrow, not today but yesterday Not the quantity taken but in thousands folds Not where it was taken but somewhere else. In unleashing its judgment, It causes pains and agonies among the innocents Man compresses water
Blocked their path We dammed denying other species along its path food Nutrition, Hygiene We pluck gold Flaring gas to the atmosphere With heat melting ice caps Man should remember that Whatever man takes from nature, shall nature take back. Not tomorrow, not today but yesterday Not the quantity taken but in thousands folds Not where it was taken but somewhere else. In unleashing its judgment, It causes pains and agonies among innocents May the souls of people killed by tsunami earthquake rest in peace
The Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" |
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