Hurricane Helene

(I can’t bring myself to take pictures of the devastation)

You’ve been feeling bad about your life, and then

Things are placed into perspective when a horrifying event

Tears through your community- a hurricane so devastating

That trying to grasp its enormity is discombobulating

And through your tears, you feel like laughing at your selfishness

There are much worse things in the world to process…

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You are shell-shocked, not knowing what to do

You need to keep your wits about you too

Without which the disaster you would not survive

Lend a hand, be resourceful, be grateful to be well and alive

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As I pray fervently for all of my community

As we all work together to rebuild in rekindled unity

I put the “little” issues behind me

And focus on this disaster’s enormity