Katrinas tears

Waves of water

air and fire

wash away their world

waves of sadness

fear and emptiness

gather like clouds

around

waves of anger

flooding the streets

waiting for release

waves of disbelief

as nothing and no one

appears

waves of tragedy

floating by sea

carried by land

and tears

waves of joy

as hands reach out

to gather the lost

little children laugh

dry your eyes

mother

all is here

inside your heart

where no waves

can wash away

and no storms can damage

and no denial of democracy

can be found

Turn your faces away from

the leaders

who've abandoned

all of us

and reach out

to the hands

of your neighbor

and friends

we are here

in waves of love

to hold and comfort

and sustain

because it could be

anyone......even me.

enduros

This time I will be here

whenever the mood strikes

in my loneliness and fear

abiding with silence

you strike me like a cold wind

in the face

shivering

so much warmth

that never touches skin

what is it I cannot find

left here again

behind my eyes

and then

here it sits upon my head

my shoulders

my heart

immobile

and gone

no one is listening

still

hello goodbye

my lonesome