It is touching, sad, even inspiring, to see people bouncing back after natural disasters such as Hurricane Maria. ABC News footage triggered a response in me.
Image: ABC News Australia
In the Line, Marking Time
In the line
Marking time
For family, friends and
Food,
Fuel,
To keep
Going.
The new routine,
not what had been,
before.
Who’d have thought
there would be more
Standing,
In the queue,
For hours and hours,
Nothing to do
But wait.
Wait!
Is that smile
Upon a face?
Chatter and banter
Pass the moments
That pass to hours
And days.
In the line
For another time,
Time again
On the feet,
On a hard, old street,
Weather beating in,
Still there is a grin
In the grit
Of the human spirit.
Simon C.J. Falk 29 September 2017
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Hi Simon – the Puerto Ricans seem to be suffering rather more than they should be – the Americans seem to have forgotten them … despite the fact it is American territory. Something is so desperately wrong that they getting help through is so difficult …
Wonderful poem written in line … so appropriate – I feel for all who suffer with natural disasters, or disasters …
Lovely words for WATWB – cheers Hilary
In darkness , be light. Love this.