Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Greensburg

In Kansas, the men began to dig
with their hands seeking water
the thing that sustains
and people gathered their lives
around this well and lived
finding meteorites and peace
on this plain
But a vicious cloud spun over them
razing what had been built
the 1000 pound meteorite
fell off of its table
the people who had gathered
here to live were like a well
deeply dug, sustaining
they were watched by a world
and that world wondered
whether or not they would remain
but the people of the well know
that hands are all that is needed
to begin digging.

3 comments:

mllr said...

Bravo! That is beautiful.

linda jean said...

thanks. i also did my dishes this morning. some days it's good to wake up early.

betsyann said...

*Contented sigh* It's nice to know a poet.