by Olivia Bredbenner

Created on: May 27, 2011   Last Updated: March 05, 2012

Homeless  Post tornadoes 2011 and 2012

Fractured homes and families with broken hearts
Glass now splinters glitter many pieces and parts
Children's eyes now glazed over with dread

Sad child lies crying in an empty puppy's  bed

What was their homes now a memory
As they sit by what's left of their home anyway
Many too wet valuables layed out to dry

Tired bodies and eyes continue to cry

Wicked with a roar the tornadoes forced
Took friends and family now forever lost
Hanging on to the cross on his barren chest

Wandering around searching for what's left

Limping dog passes trying to find his home
Finally lies on a shoe that his master owned
Stench arising from uprooted trees wet ground

Lonely sirens still echo through their barren towns

With sorrowful eyes welcome help soon arrives
Volunteers now climb the ruins bringing supplies
Strangers now become their friends and hope survives

For we are blessed with one other under God's blue skies

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