The Earthquake In Italy

The rumbles were interrupted by the people’s stifled cry

Her walls may have fallen but "L'Aquila must not die."

Earthquake shook and ravaged the medieval city

Evacuation started in this historic part of Italy

And three days later more tremors again

Residents were scattered all over and some in a train

The reports told us of how over 283 people died

How others were still missing and how survivors cried

Quakes had struck before but this was the worst

Unleashing its fury over three days dispersed

And through all the lost of lives we forget

Keeping alive afterwards bears an enormous treat

Evacuees have little from their homes

Internet, mobile phones, simple tooth brushes and combs

No communication with the rest of the world

Imagine the hopelessness you feel when it all unfurled

Tremors shake up the physical but devastate the mind

An earthquake can leave zombies in the aftermath behind

Listless people who have lost all that they had

Young people feeling that dying wouldn’t have been that bad