Lost

In the unsuspecting dawn 
the fury of the earth awoke.
Terror ripped from watery depths
raged across the waves
— and the ocean cried
with many thousand voices,
lost and never found.


december 2004
©Janet Reid




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December 26, 2004 a 9.0 earthquake ripped the earth 
on the west coast of Sumatra, sending deadly tsunami 
throughout Indonesia and the Indian ocean, 
killing tens of thousands in eleven countries.