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Lives Have Been Destroyed

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Hellicane: Poets Respond to Hurricane Katrina

Dear Lord in Heaven Be with all the victims of the hurricane Their lives have been destroyed And they are in so much pain They don't have A place to call home They have been separated from their loved ones And feel so alone

The victims have no where To lay their head They are hungry, they are thirsty - Lord I pray let them be fed

Everything that they owned Is gone Oh the images of the children and the elderly and all the victims Chill me to the bone

Dear God in Heaven All these people need your help so bad Their lives have been destroyed - It is so sad

After all they have been through Lord I pray they will turn to you Besides the storm, violence surrounds the streets on which they walk - And residue

Dear God in Heaven People are shooting guns And robbing your children They have no place to hide

Dear God those horrible monsters That are causing so much violence Are molesting little children - Don't let this situation be kept in silence

Dear Lord I pray Help these people today Give them food and shelter And a place to stay

Dear Lord be with the sick And weary Heal their bodies and spirits So their life won't be so dreary

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“Lives Have Been Destroyed,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26192.