ode to the dead

earth trembles
oceans split in terrible anger
deaths in the masses
a thousand heads lost in the waters


thrice a quake
thrice a shake
plates a sunder
heaving and sieving souls away


wrath of the heavens brought down to earth
tears rippling in the waves of sadness
Loved ones and hated lost in the floods
pulled away in the rising tides


death now hangs upon a heavy toll
ardent fury in tall waves cold
innocents taken from our plane and time
to return to an existence out of time


back to the One
returning to the Creator
be it in good faith
be it in torturous pain


return do thousands back to His realm
back to the earth
back to the grave
back to the grave


silence filled with mud
liquid air flooded in blood
breathing soil up to the lungs
swallowing it all


silence
blackness
tears
death