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Coffins lie staring at the weather-worn sky,
The vibrant thrum of life dying into a mournful hum,
The silent prayers loudly cry unto the heavens,
begging to be answered, transcending into vows.
'We will recover. We must not stay down forever.'
The heart of this nation still beats strong,
with friends to help its wounds.
Life will go on.

Stand tall when all has fallen.
Our Will shall not crumble like the rubble around us.
We're been stripped of our possessions,
but not our integrity.
Our homes may be gone,
for the people our hearts dwelt with have passed on.
But The Lord is still there to guide us.
Have hope, keep the faith,
for even though you feel alone, a nation grieves with you.

We will resurrect.
We will carry on for the lives blown away,
like dandelions in wind, spreading the legacy they left behind.
For the day will come where we shall start living again,
instead of just trying to stay alive.
A day when the vibrant thrum of Life thrives,
and breaks into song in memory of what was.
Pain will bleed in the tears of remembrance.

But we will be alright
Ever have a poem you just gotta write, and when you ask yourself why and where it's coming from you're just like, 'I don't know'? Yeah, I have no other way of explaining this one except for, 'it just hurts'. If it doesn't look well written to you, thats cuz I'm a mess. 
I CANNOT watch the news without crying. It's impossible. The moment I see what happened, it's like a dam breaks from behind my eyes. I am sobbing all over the place. Honestly, as much as the 'dark writer' in me just wants to describe the destruction, I just can't do it....
I WANT to see these people recover. I don't want to DWELL in all this sorrow. I need hope, man. I want  to see these people get back on their feet and smile again. (Granted, you kind of see them doing it now in the midst of disaster, which is why I give everybody more kudos.)

I'm not sure why I put 'we' a lot in this, even though I'm a thousand miles away watching this all unfold. I guess I wanted it to be more relatable, like a statement rather than an observation. Like its a fact rather than flimsy encouragement. Cuz without a doubt, I'd help. Could we fly there, or had I lived anywhere near there, high chances Daddy Dearest would've put us all in a volunteer rescue operation or something, even though all I'm good for is emotional support. Cry and I cry with you. I do not have the heart to carry around a body bag, let alone want to use one.

On another note, I dedicate this to ~Veyrius, *SpiderwebWisher and ~megustagenderbends who have been wonderful to me, and to anyone they know that has been affected.

Btw, Vey, a conversation between u and me along time back reminded me that people who have fallen need people to know that they can get back up again. So remember when I said I'd let you when I write something that you helped inspire me to write? This is it.
May not be a masterpiece, but hey, I meant every word.
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Without having to read the description, you could tell that a mass tragedy had happened. It captured the pain of it...but it also gave you a sense of hope. It was a good choice to have that last line by itself; it made it more powerful. This is a wonderful dedication to those who have had to suffer these kind of things. I only hope it never happens to you or me.