Tsunami

The timing wasn't right
But then - is it ever?
So many plans on hold
Until the twelfth of never!

Schemes and dreams all squashed
Swept out to sea so fast
What they had got lined up
Like history, now is past.

Tidal waves still flood the mind
The horror, daily, comes to visit!
The hopelessness of those poor souls
To just have fun was their requisite.

The ones who came by chance
Looked fate into its eye
Whilst others booked their journey
Well before the tide was high.

Disastrous though it was
Gladly, lives were saved
Such lucky ones indeed
For whom destiny's path was paved.

Alas, It's thought provoking
And it proves the sea is cruel!
This greater force around us
Is such a powerful tool!

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© Copyright Harriet Blackbury 2005