Sunday, 18 July 2021

Aftermath - Along the Meuse

Along the Meuse whose banks were breached

Many homes lie out of reach,

Though essential services are few

Road clearance now helps aid get through.

 

With many mobile networks down

The missing list grows; did they drown?

Worried neighbours wait in fear

Their prospects troubled and unclear…

 

Locals have their work cut out;

Some stranded victims are brought out

While receding waters soon reveal

 An apocalypse for real!

 

How long before these “wrongs” are “righted”?

Wallonia’s summer season - blighted?

Tough Belgians do their best to cope

But grim despair may conquer hope…

 

Helicopters’ aerial views

Now dominate the evening news…

We humans think we’ve got life sussed

But Nature once more laughs at us…


(c) Poet in the woods 2021






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