Downpour Poem by Ray Feasey

I cannot recall this type of rain as often as seen now
Thunderous and constant falling for many hours
Lifting drain covers moving cars and vans and bins and things

Treacherous indiscriminate as to where it falls
Changing landscape and lives of people happy until now
Stretching emergency services to levels unforeseen in past years

Ruining crops and taken for granted revenues of past
Homes left wrecked as downpour end days later all is calm
Prices will rise lives will alter people carry on it seems

As nature does what nature can in its own way to rebuild?
Caught unaware and ill prepared are drains now cleared and built
Are safety measures put in place for downpours still to come?

Or do authorities still push through on ‘New build’ houses planned
Allowing developers funds from builds on flood planes while they can
Will greed remain the driving force when remedial action is clearly the course?

Copyright © 2008 Ray Feasey