Tsunami
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Streets bustling with cars, Trees crammed with birds. But afar in a family’s yard, A gathering is happening with an exchange of words. All was calm with the meet. So many uncles and cousins to greet. Hot dogs, burgers, peaches and jam, It
Seismic— Shock wave of energy swelling ocean waves, Powerfully driven like a freight train rolling fast as a jet,
Podeidon, king of the sea.
Realm of fish, crustacions, and cephalopods, but humans? Nah, not for thee.
I offer you lots of fish.
But, I have one simple wish.
Stop dumping your toxic waste.
The pounding of the drum at the end of the percussion line resonates through the air.
The powerful vibrations tickle my skin when standing too close,
The steady bam, bam, bam echoes through the quiet room.
You asked me why I am shaking.
Because I am unable to sit still with you.
I want to be closer.
So close the only air I breathe
is the air you exhale.
I want the only space I take up
I am a tsunami.
The water waxes and wanes at my will,
Captivating and crucifying the shoreline.
You are a wildfire.
Endowed with incalculable miles,
Extinguished by the hands of others.
it started with a wave
no
a tsunami.
it started with a tsunami
bringing chaos to the order
crushing the structure
flooding normal
until i was drowning in an endless ocean
Screw the people who break us down so much, that we become senseless and open
If that’s an opportunity, damn, love, just consider me your token
Let’s strip the truth of all its beauty
It started very unexpectedly
A quake that hit Japan at two forty-three
At first the earth began to moan and grumble
And then the Rising Sun sank and crumbled
The buildings were like jelly in a bowl
