27 Great Disaster
01 The Earth Was Moved 02 When All Was Done 03 While The Dead Lie
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The earth was moved by the tectonic plates
Ocean floor ruptured shaking the geat sea
High towering waves rushing fast so free
Bringing to the coasts some devilish fate
Death came so swiftly on this tragic date
Ending many lives, spreading misery
Being unaware thousands could not flee
And became victims in their drowning state
Huge calamity befell many lands
Creating losses through vast destruction
Was it nature in its terrible wrath Great Disaster
Which that day conquered the proud world of man? Sonnet 080
Never could one know its true intention Petrarca
Or why cruelty should lie in its path AD 2004
When all was done and the sea receeded
Eyes could not believe nor mind understand
For hard it is to truly comprehend
That so many lives have the floods ended
Row upon row the dead lie in silence
With bewilderment in their cold faces
Mostly naked or with tattered dresses
Their stiff bodies expressed their life' absence
Wealth disappeared and property ruined
Years of hard-work suddenly wasted
Great Disaster And soon these places would be infested
Sonnet 081 With diseases that could inflict more pain
Petrarca A Killer tsunami did come to destroy
AD 2004 Human creation and its short-lived joy
While the dead lie in silence so complete
With staring eyes that looked cold and empty
Survivors cried out for some sympathy
Or food or help in their hour of need
Seemingly dazzled some asked tearfully
For news of loved ones whom they dearly cared
And when the truth told was too hard to bear
Crying sobs were heard asking God's mercy
This painful sense many did come to share
As thousands began to keep on searching
For the thousands still reported missing Great Disaster
Perhaps killed in groups, alone or in pairs Sonnet 082
Bitter tears of pain were shed on that day Petrarca S
For lost were the words to say or to pray AD 2004