Bajans Didn’t Like To Mas

By Friday evening we were told

A storm was approaching put yah plans on hold

Just after work the signs were there

A dark stillness enveloped the air

No birds in the evening sky

Settled in early and so did I

Didn’t hear much until the flap of a blind

I got up at 3 am and then to find

Darkness and howling winds all around

Never saw so much debris on the ground

There were branches and galvanized sheets

Large trash cans rolling down the streets

I saw in a distance a torn roof

Kept watching from my window for this damning proof

Easterly is generally safe but not immune

Tomas howled at 75mph with his destructive tune

Our homes destroyed, trees fallen and roads blocked

Many utilities off and a nation shocked

All so soon after our leader was snatched away

Storm Tomas one week afterwards woke me to another sorrowful day