One person missing is big news
Police dogs, divers, camera crews …
But when a Turkish earthquake strikes,
Death tolls shoot up to new heights …
Talk of 40,000 I have heard;
Many in Syria
have occurred
A myriad family lives cut short
Harsh scenes of desolation - fraught …
While rescue workers without rest
Harbour hope and do their best
A lucky few come out alive
Though silent masses don’t survive …
At last, free flow of health supplies!
As each exhausted doctor tries
To help all those in dire need;
Field hospitals work at full speed…
Politics can’t be blamed for shakes
The cause is those tectonic plates
Which remind us in a flash once more
That Nature’s power transcends war!
(c) Poet in the woods 2023
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