Storm

Jagged lightning
Sky it severs
Thunder rolling loud

Clouds are boiling
Dark and threatening
Rain upon the ground

Muddy rivers
Forming torrents
Flooding land around

Farmers standing
Still and shell-shocked
Watching life
Being washed
Away
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Posted: Jul 2011

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niah9
Watching life being swept away....brings back painful memories when we were flooded out 8 times in 6 months...also Hokianga, and life was swept away infront of our eyes....great write Steve....niahsad flower bouquet
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