Low Times After High Tide

The devastation that water brings.

Where the land was once green
water washes it all away.
Where people once lived
floodwaters keep them at bay.
Images of people, crowded places
and the neighbor lady’s cat.
Somebody said, “Looks just
like a mirror lying flat.”
Nobody wants to see this.
It’s not that they don’t care.
Devastation like this
just has a certain air.