When Tragedy Strikes

Nature vents her fire and fury

An unsuspecting crowd caught unawares

Unrelenting her assault, water crossing bounds

Her wrath does not distinguish, rich or poor

Hell is out there knocking on every door

When flood water washes away roads and homes

Lands slip, houses crumble like a pack of cards

Life on tenterhooks, water levels rise

Instantly the human spirit springs to action

Act together as one, wait for no divine intervention

Common civilians, local fishermen

Out on the streets with makeshift boats

Shifting the weak and helpless to safety

Tirelessly going out in search of more to shelter

Beyond caste, creed or class, humanity the only factor

Moments of grief and destruction makes you realize

The unpredictability of life, twists of fate

One day could change your entire life

Yet why this pride, the thirst for more

When you can't even control what tomorrow has in store

Yet these were the times when you could see

The power of immense love that we are capable of

Beyond selfish needs, personal greed

Help poured in from everywhere

Beyond borders or nations, bound only by care

Yet why are we the same who get fooled

By the empty rhetoric of divisive politics

When a few seeking power draw the lines of hatred

Over our heart and mind, why do we let them rule

With their malevolence, turn us to fools

Why wait for a tragedy to let kind hearts rule cold minds

Rise every single time against those who seek to divide

To help the weak, the harassed, the victimized

To oppose and fight each injustice, be not silent

One for all and all for one, be always the sentiment