Sendai (t)Sunami

Sendai (t)Sunami

Earth Quake

Snow falling broken heart
Searching in dread grey

Stumbling in mud
Debris wind weaving
Shields underfoot a shroud

Somewhere water sprays calm
Smell of gas, bodies buried
Smoke, a spark, a fire eaten home

A new toy a recent laughing child

Ocean-bottom hides shameful menace

Sea smiles welcome, innocent
Soothing tide forgets the big wave

Did I hear birds scream an agony

In Branches

I was not here five days ago
The tsunami took him, my love

I have no need for the rest
No purpose, no now, no tomorrow
A dawn, a waking, an evening twilight

Gone, swept away

A no-where moment
I have showed up

I know not why, how
And now
What for

There is no need
No need
To be

Leela Devi Panikar
15 March 2011