Entry in Poetic Paradise Daily Challenge |
I woke this morning, confused as hell In the air was a horrible smell I leapt out of bed and ran outdoors A fire was raging, I screamed in horror. I grabbed a hose and tried to fight With all my neighbors, with all our might But just as we had it under control Lightning flashed and thunder rolled The wind it whipped and blew the flames Toward my house, though it started to rain We ran for cover and started to pray When a roaring noise headed our way. I looked up in shock and what did I see? A tornado, a cyclone, headed for me I ran for the basement, screaming in fear The fire was out but much worse was here. I hid in my cellar, waited an hour When I came up, the outcome was dour My house was all gone, nothing left but a hole I started to cry with my neighbor, Tim Dole We wandered the neighborhood, staring in shock Nothing was left, not even a sock The tornado had taken all that we owned Everyone cried, everyone moaned Just when we'd thought that it couldn't get worse A tremor was felt, Tim started to curse "Oh no!" he cried. "For goodness' sake!" Sure enough, a nine point earthquake We fell to the ground, hanging on for dear life I held on to Tim who held onto his wife We all felt like kids, our fear was so great When the shaking quit, it was quarter to eight The few who survived through fire, wind and quake Started to laugh and wail and shake "What next?" we all thought, "could this even get worse?" Mr. Robbins drove by in his grandfather's hearse "That's a bad omen," Tim started to cry We all looked up, in fear, at the sky The wind started blowing, harder than ever The rain started falling, such crazy weather A hurricane brewed, we had nowhere to run Our houses were totalled our lives were undone. We sat on the ground giving up the lost fight No one survived that horrible night. |