Matthew

He forced his way in 'Matthew' they said his name was He completely blew a hole in our lives Obliterating out modest homes Like a deck of cards life was tumbling before our eyes Those who tried to stand firm against him were picked up and cast away to one side as if meagre grains of sand What we lost then cannot be replaced It's the evidential costs of his wanton eye the specifics of reality that were plucked tossed and stolen He cared not that he was taking their hearts and ours Those families - villages - towns and nations were left to pick up pieces and count the cost of his unruly behaviour The families in particular of Haiti and Florida will be scarred from surviving his outrage and many tears will fall because of our inability to tame this monster from his rampage and prevent him from leaving in his unashamed sulk only then to be replaced by the next perpetrator wreaking havoc with their power and control over the threads of life dangling in its wake