It is difficult to walk knee deep in debris
Arriving after a super storm, imagining what was, seeing what is left
The littered land, no – the obliterated land
Leveled, uneven, colorless, open-wounded earth
Toppled trees like thousands of arrows released from the sky
Bodies line what might be roads, no one walking
Bodies float as water takes a new course, no one wading
The forecast for Haiyan was serious, the outcome worse
A knock-out punch to the Philippines
In a chapel, bodies wrapped in blankets – feet exposed
A black cross was silent testament to the catastrophe
Survivors screaming to set foot in a makeshift hospital
A child was born in the rubble, new hope
The un-severed umbilical cord of family abroad, a life blood
Thank God for mercy flights
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