Rising Sun

This is in lieu of the disaster in Japan.

Today started off as any other day,
Wake up in the morning and pray,
Eat breakfast and get ready for the norm,
Little did I know of the impending storm.

I make my way to the subway,
Pushing past people, to get on my way,
The usual commotion on the train,
The hum of people talking, sounding like endless rain.

Arriving at my office, I sip my strawberry shake,
The busy of the day beginning, then the earth started to quake.
The first thought to go through my mind was "I'm going to die,"
But I knew that I couldn't give up, I had to try.

Pictures fell from where they hung on the wall,
File cabinets rocking back and forth, looking like they'd fall,
Screams from workers filled my ears,
My eyes began to swell with tears.

Three minutes went by, that felt like a lifetime,
The shaking subsided, metal framework starting to whine,
Groaning with the shifted weight on foundation,
I wasn't sure what had become of our nation.

Papers and debris littered the floor,
I had trouble just opening my door,
Chaos had waged open war,
A few of my co-workers lay dead, not too far.

I cried out for help, a man tried to get to me,
He had a gash across his forehead that I could see,
He grabbed my hand and pulled me out, 
That was when the lights went out.

We huddled together silently,
Wondering if the worst was over,
We looked at each other with wide, terrified eyes,
We heard the sirens and then, peoples cries.

The wall of water that was coming towards the city,
Was dark and menacing, full of debris,
Cars, houses, boats, and mud,
People screaming, running as fast as they could.

An eerie quite took over the scene,
No cries for help, no one to be seen,
The wave of destruction destroyed the land,
Suijin pulled back her mighty hand.

Peering out the broken window,
Gasping at what it looked like down below,
People emerged from their hiding places,
Looks of shock on their desolate faces.

We as people will come together,
And withstand this stormy weather,
United together, we are as one,
In the land of the Rising Sun.

Author's Note

Suijin is the Shinto goddess of water. FYI :)