The Flood
Suddenly, I was awakened.
The fear of the unknown engulfed me.
It hit me.
The flood was here.
The water at the door step stared me in the face;
Urging me to breakdown and let the fear flood in.
Suddenly, I was awakened.
Awakened to the destruction of the murky waters.
Gazing across miles of still water that surrounded
All that I loved.
Braves souls secured my family and I in a boat.
Drifting across the yard, wondering how this all happened.
Drifting through my thoughts, wondering when normality would return
Through the pounding of the rain upon my face, I saw the lights.
The lights that would bring me to safety.
We arrived.
We were wading through the water toward the lights.
I felt the memories of every home floating past me in the water.
We clambered into the rescue truck.
Suddenly, I was awakened
Observing everything around me as we slowly
Maneuvered through the flooded city.
A barren wasteland surrounded us.
Every store front lying dead beside the street.
We arrived.
Finally, a place where we could rest.
Suddenly, I was awakened.
Hundreds of lost souls wondering
around the shelter.
We were shown to our cots.
As I lied there staring at the ceiling,
A wave of emotions crashed over me.
I wept.
Finally, I realized the intensity of this disaster.
The hard cot reminding me that it can only go up from here.