Did the ground just move
beneath my feet?
did my chair just shake?
keyboard zig-zags
across my fingers
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Social media lit up
Did you feel it?
I am o.k.
Are you?
4.8
An Act of God
Silence
Calm
Gratitude
Walls intact
Roof over my head
A place I can still call home.
No place to call home
across the ocean
a strip by the sea
ground quivers
walls crumble
roofs cave
BOOM!
Cries
shrieks
screams
crushed and buried
no one to call mom
2,000-pound bombs
An Act of Man.
Social media lit up
solar eclipse
anticipation
electrifying
take a day off
watch darkness descend.
Moon over sun
spectacular
cheers and tears
as sky turned black
three glorious dark minutes
wonder-struck
An Act of God.
A strip by the sea
power out
yearning for light
six months of darkness
how much longer.
Powerless
groping
shivering
shuddering
babies
toddlers
women
hostage
An Act of Man.
