Cyclones, hurricanes, typhoons
Marias, Joses, Irmas
However one refers to them
Still the same dangerous perils
Countries have to prepare
Their citizens mentally for losing their homes
Or having to live without electricity for months
Just because of drastic temperature changes above the Atlantic
Maybe because of global warming
Maybe because the Sun is closer
The reason is not that important
Once people lose their properties
And become internal refugees
People should be helping each other
Flying in resources
Sending in forces
But some countries
They just stand back and watch
Even if it's their population in danger
Cyclone Burma
Hurricane Katrina
We need less of these in history
More of the responses
Like in L'Aquila
2009
An earthquake rocked the city
Destroying the history
That had stood there for centuries
But the Italians didn't hesitate for a second
Distributing free cellphones
Setting up tent camps
Redirecting all mail to the temporary homes
Having an emergency response so quick
They became a case study for a geography class
On what a country is supposed to do after such a natural disaster
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Book Of Poems
PoetryStarted writing poems on Tumblr, decided to put them all into a book on here. :) For those that were requested on tumblr and on here, it will say at the top that it was requested. If there is no indication, then I wrote it with a request. :) Some of...
