September 01, 2005
Mourning New Orleans
Big Easy's gone
so many dead
and lost forever
blown away
washed to sea
overnight
Bourbon Street
balconies
Mardi Gras
children
oysters
jambalyaya
jazz
life
rhythm
and in it's place
pestilence
flood
grief
loss
trauma
death
chaos
the task again
to find
the meaning
and the hope
to value life
not goods
to restore
the spirit
in the face
of devastation
and most of all
to do no harm
with human hatred
wars and greed
when nature
is enough