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Storm surge of the Heart
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Storm surge of the Heart |
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Thomas119gold Senior Member
since 2002-06-03
Posts 708Biloxi, MS (city by the sea) 
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It was a storm of tears Pouring from all directions What was once safe is now gone A line never crossed by the sea Crushed with a long steady ease Inundated by each wave The screams came from more then the wind People begging to be rescued from the rising depths The guilt also ascending within us Fathers, Mothers and their children Family and friends Faces I once knew Yet we stayed where we were told Knowing there was no hope we felt cold Numb to the bone and waiting Just waiting Hands tied Our pleas of concern denied By this Hurricane filled with rage Gutting across the coast Tearing us out like a books paper page Dispatch called for 0fficers caught in the flood No replies in return An unknown for our own being covered in the bays mud However even worse was those we are meant to protect Left feeling abandoned in a deadly unknown Some cursing and others praying our names we felt the affect Some of us tried Then we became trapped Filled with a broken pride Guilt drowning us quicker then the storm surging at our doors How long can this bitch last A freight train sound passes in the rain The snapping of trees soon follows Crashing down into somebody’s home We hide deeper in our hollow Eventually an eerie calm comes about Half day and half night almost a gray glowing light We try then to rescue those we can soon we are filled with doubt Debris and bodies scattered over the land This we find is truly The day of the damned This is written not as art But a release of emotion That was breaking my heart My soul will never be the same I know we will build again In the end no one is to blame |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Tom, I doubt that anyone could read these impassioned cries from your tortured soul without shedding tears of their own. I literally am crying as I write my reply to one of the most emotional poems that I have ever read. I am saving this as a piece of history that was written by someone who lived it ~ and survived.  "This is written not as art But a release of emotion That was breaking my heart My soul will never be the same I know we will build again In the end no one is to blame" ~ Raw emotions running as wild as a river and carrying the reader along with the rushing flow. I pray for your soul to be healed. You did all that was humanly possible for you to do. God bless you, Tom. Healing hugs with love, Linda |
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Nightshade 
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Yes, agreeing with Linda here. A strong, emotional piece of history Tom. Hugs, Chris Tucking this in my library as well. Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. |
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
I am certainly glad that you have found the words for this, because I haven't. I am still drawing from everything around me...learning...watching...and hoping for some way to properly express everything. The stories are amazing where I work. People are still spending money to eat while their homes are just....gone...and it makes me smile every time someone walks through those restaurant doors. This is a heartwrenching poem. Mostly I just keep my grief for this to myself because there are people far less lucky than me right now. Glad to see you safe and writing! "I want to heal, I want to feel, like I'm close to something real" |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Thomas...The frustration you must have felt, wanting so bad too help and not being able too must have been overwellming, and your will too survive keeping you focused on the task at hand so that when the time did come you could help those in need. So glad you were able too make it thru this terrible ordeal and yes you have too let your heart bleed so that it might heal...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Thomas....know that my family's thoughts and prayers are with you, yours and the entire Gulf Coast. I have a very, very dear friend in Biloxi. It took a week before I could find whether she was dead or alive. Her account of the devastation is heartwrenching and I know that we are really lucky to still have here on this earth. Your emotions were deeply felt.  ....jo |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Dear ((((Thomas)))), your words are a proof of the overwhelming impact this event had on you. Yes I agree no one who goes through such a terrible experience will ever be the same, our material fragility is made clear in such harsh tones! But your soul is of another substance, it is stronger than we might know. You will recover and you will operate, in order to find solutions which will avoid in the future such devastating effects. Thank you for expressing your innermost emotions in this impressive work, born in your tormented heart. Reaching out with a big hug. Love, Margherita  |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
In the end, I believe somehow, someway, good things will evolve...and in this emotional write are words of tears, impacted by life and the losses others so tragically experienced. Yet, somehow I know, some of them, are receiving a new start, in a better place, in a better home, with opportunites at hand...let us hope this advantage comes to each and everyone there. Hugs |
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Greeneyes 
since 2000-09-09
Posts 9903In Your Poetic Mind |
In rebuilding, the healing process begins....and the soul will take new flight....so touching a write, of raw emotion.... ~~**~~ |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Thomas, you have been through an horrible experience, more than most of us can even imagine in our worst nightmares. Please remember, we are here for you, if there is something we can do for you and your family, friends, neighbors. I hope you don't mind me printing this out, to share with others who have family and friends devastated by this nightmare. Heartfelt hugs to all, Kacy. |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
This surged right into my heart... and wrenched it once again. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Nice writing...appreciate this...James |
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