Heaven’s Tears

(Ondoy 26Sep2009)

You came unexpected as your brothers and sisters before

From heaven your tears dropped in torrents

Drumming tin roofs with a roar of fright.

In moments, lives cling to anything that floats

Abodes upside down as your tears welled up from the ground

You slumbered before night yet hundreds never to wake

Life stood on only but the wet dakness hid

Shivering moans and cries heard through the night

At dawn’s break, your wrath is brought to light

Tears turned into mire sweeping all in its path

Cold and weary, hungry and thirsty

Helpless thousands in peril, many away from their family

Waiting as your tears flowed and swept everything by

Humbled before peoples of other places

Outpouring of kindness from unknown faces

Reminding us to help each other in times of need

Greed of a few denied nourishment and warmth

To the very people they have sworn to feed

In the end, goodness triumphed

Young or old, a stranger neighbor or friend

Comforting each other, blessed arms reaching extend

It will take a lot of time for things to mend

Our generations have offended you

Cut down trees and fouled the air we breath

Blocked the rivers and poisoned the waters

Let us learn so as On your return

Sustain the waters make forests as gardens

Tears of joy from heaven