Awaiting Hurricane Ike

by NightFlyer   Sep 7, 2008


Trapped, I lie in tired depths
Waiting for the devil winds
Whirling storm on fluid steppes
I'm calmly paying for my sins.

Swirling tempest from the East
Bearing down on Florida's shore
Ike's the title of this beast
He'll give us all his shock and awe.

Hurricanes, like death, they stalk
From the East, the trade winds send
While we wait at home and talk
Will they get us in the end?

At our TV sets, we stare
Sweet security we crave
Uttering our strongest prayer
To slay these monsters of the waves.

Savage Ike, you've got no friend
Across the sea, your fury rakes
For what harm do you intend
And what lands are now at stake?

I'd send you back from whence you came
If the power of storms I could assume
But compared to you, I'm weak and lame
So I'll just hide out in my room.

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  • 16 years ago

    by Victoria

    Wonderfully written, I live in Houston, near Passadena, and about 55 miles from Galveston, It hit us extremely hard, We got the front, eye and back of it all on Friday night, Lost power for 15 days, It was crazy, My first time riding out a Hurricane, I just moved to the Houston area 2yrs ago.

    I can say one thing, I'll -never- ride out another one, Ike was scary enough.

    Keep up the good work =]

  • 16 years ago

    by Poet on the Piano

    Wonderfully written, this really describes the horror and destruction that Hurricane Ike caused, and you captured the fear of it all perfectly. You have so much talent and your poetry is so touching to me, good work! Keep writing, always and forever....

  • 16 years ago

    by NightFlyer

    Thank you, Lone Wolf. I wrote this when it was approaching S. Florida (where I live), but thankfully it missed us. I remember Hurricane Wilma, and that was no fun!

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