Before the Quake

Baby smiles in the hammock
Mother responds with sweetness

Human mind cannot predict
Unlike the signs of doom

Many plans are written
In to-do lists

Not knowing that
A thousand care and dreams

Would disappear in minutes
And the floor shakes...
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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January 22, 2012 at 8:39 AM
How simple, yet your poem conveys so many emotions and truths of life. Wonderful; keep writing!
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