I grew up on the East Coast
and have family and friends there
getting hammered by this storm
makes me sad and fearful for them
my heart and thoughts are with them
and all the people facing this hurricane
nature has its powerful beauty as well as forceful
destructiveness
ravaging away
one time blasting a corridor of devastation through Joplin
now smashing waves up the coast
churning lives and worlds
and then there is
silence
after the shattering howling screaming winds
the water will recede
the boards will come off the houses
people will go home
to find what remains
and they will be changed in some ways
the morning light will come
I pray that there will be loved ones
to hold hands
to look deeply into each others' eyes
to look for the new day
not alone
the shoreline changes over time
loving bonds are meant to be forever
((HUGS))
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