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The tears they flowed like the rain as the TV began to show The devastation and the havoc of the world that you once did know

The waters covering your cities and taking the ones you love The cries in anger went out to the one above

The shadows and the darkness that swept in the sea The underlurking thoughts and the definite misery

So many thought they could make it and they took a chance Others didn't want to but now lay aside without a second glance

Some were spared while others lay afloat Some were scared and others they did boast

The anger overwhelmed me as I saw the statement our leader made Of how he came back early from a vacation our people surely paid

How can he be so bold to say such, when all those tears are being shed How could he be so bold when, because he delayed, so many now are dead

The photos struck me just like a brick Here I was safe at home feeling guilty and sick

I wanted to help them and save them from their misery But I had no way and with our leaders grew so angry

I saw a woman on the news with a baby in her arms Crying out for help because he was too warm

He couldn't wake from his sleep, and in me I just died I wanted so much to help them but only cried

This storm it took so many, and for them and their loved ones I feel so much pain But, I know I can't even begin to imagine what they must have felt was in vain

I gave what I could and started a group to reunite But sadly some passed through that day in its darkened light

I wanted to say something beautiful to touch each and every soul But I find it so hard when you have taken such a toll

I wish you peace and comfort as you start anew Please know I am thinking daily of every one of you

In your sorrows know I too shed my tear For those you lost and held oh so dear