It Comes Again

Disaster

rains

pellets of fear

on the

unsuspecting.

After all, who of us

wants to believe

devastation

is on its way?

Yet, it does come

again and again

as centuries pass

and the winds grow

colder

The earth

is growing old

but she is

bound to us

like a Mother and

her child.

And so, we learn

the truth of

her great compassion

with each survival

and each tomorrow

when

a patch of grass

turns

green again.

~

Joanne Cucinello

2013