June 1, 2012 “flood”
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flood
from a thousand places
a storm traces its way into a river
heavy clouds of darkness bursting
weeping torrents
sweeping
pieces of lives and lives in pieces
torn and tumbling between the groaning banks
to be thrown back into the boiling fray
water rushing under too many bridges
in time
soon lost and too far away
in the turmoil flowing
away
away
while life stands still in the rain
©tlh 6/1/12
