Angered thoughts of death and dying
Destroy the noisy elder Maw
Inner struggle, silent crying
Annoy her patient elder Paw
I don’t care anymore.
Nothing matters at all.
I am nothing to you.
Nothing is left for hate.
I am finished with love.
Nothing is in my way.
Upstairs shower as my last straw
Eyes closed shut through mental sighing
Head held high and thoughts sent flying
Heartfelt energy in the raw
Back to the shower head
Heard low rumbling of dread
Felt a large truck coming?
Earth shaking, ground numbing
The back and forth motion
Up and down waves — ocean
‘Huwag mag galit ang Dios kasi ay mainit ang ulo nya.
Merong araw sa iyong lahat! Ito pag labasin insang lindol…’
Translation of couplet (last two lines of poetry) from Tagalog to English:
‘Don’t anger ‘God’ because her/my hot-headed temper has manifested in anger.
There is one day for everyone! This one manifested as an earthquake…’
Author’s note: First attempt at La’libertas‘ poem of 4-6-4-6-2 form.
Originally created on Sunday, November 04, 2007 8:51:41 PM about an earthquake measuring 5.6 magnitude on 2007-10-31 03:04:54GMT and located 8 kilometers (or 5 miles) NNE of Alum Rock, CA with coordinates of 37.432 -121.7769 9.2 per USGS website.
Of course, I was very angry again at Maw a few minutes prior to taking a shower upstairs when the earthquake occurred.
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