Revisions

Hey all,

I am posting my first Kangaroo Sequins poem! It is the second draft of a poem inspired by reading up on Plate-Tectonics.

Here it goes:

Plate-Tectonics
By: Joshua Kohler

When the Earth shakes with fury,
The sidewalk cracks like chips,
We Find safety in odd places,
Faith put in supports holding memories
Of ancient heights; scars of old.

Here we rest as telephone poles snap,
Twigs under the weight of some newborn giant
Stumbling on interior designed homes
Before venturing downtown, to work where
Buildings fall into heaps of wrecks.

Dust clogs the the air with questions;
Looking toward a vacant sky,
Why does it hurt so much?

But nothing provides solace for the girl without
A home, a family to whisper in her ear,
Ease her pain, stop tears forming rivers
On the broken stone which run and run and run.

Comments welcome!!

Josh