Saw a video the other day of the disaster and this elderly couple was washed away so sad.
Inspired me to write this. My 200th poem posted on the soup!
Last embrace It was in Banda Aceh indonesia the year 2004 a beautiful day it seemed to those enjoying their vacations, then the Tsunami struck one of the worst disasters of the modern era 250,000 people died that day this is just one story. Eighty years old both of them, sixty of them spent together They were friends and lovers until the end, they thought it would last forever. They were enjoying breakfast leisurely when they heard everyone begin to scream That's when they knew, that they were doomed no more time left, hold on for dear life was all they could do. Their vacation plans were interrupted as were their very lives their vocabulary expanded as they learned their last word Tsunami! Clutching onto each other with all the strength that two elderly ones could muster Their last look into each others eyes was eternal love as the massive wave pulled them under. They were found two days later a few miles away still in their last embrace. Amazingly, peace and a even a smile was still on their faces. Their memories were united until the very end now they wait in God's memory to be reunited again. John Derek Hamilton May 05,2016
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