When The Earth Moved Poem by Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)

the earth moved I noticed not
the earth moved I cared not
this earthquake was so far away
Aceh Indonesia is a long way
from our house a different island

Aceh Indonesia is on Sumatera Island
Bintaro outside Jakarta on Java Island
no tsunami in Aceh this time none died
earthquake tsunami warning people cried
earthquake same place scale no one died? ? ?

the earth moved I noticed not
the earth moved I cared not
after over a week of typhoid
typhi unpleasant experienced
body ached brain was scrambled

disease induces
unintentional
extreme dieting

excessive sleeping
pale introspection
when earth moved

it left me unmoved
except in sympathy;
for those in fear pain

suffering material loss
worse physical wounds;
the loss of loved ones

cycles of suffering
have many causes;
sources of healing

too few thus
in our friends
loved ones

are we most
usually
most blessed


Typhoid is caused by Salmonella typhi bacterium, which is related to, but not the same as, the bacteria that causes salmonella food poisoning.
Copyright © Terence George Craddock