REFLECTIONS IN A WHIRLPOOL

Amid the swirling waters,

and with each buffeting gust,

all the fragile humans

begin to lose their trust.

With calls to God and Mary,

and nowhere to call home,

all the little humans

feel very much alone.

Reflected in the whirlpool

of destruction and despair,

are the faces of the strangers

who have come because they care.

And amid the sea of people,

the children and the old,

Evil walked, and waited,

for its story to be told........

And murders, rapes and mayhem

swirled the waters through;

frightening the humans

What to do? What to do?

A microcosm of our world

A mini-country thrown together

With citizens of all kinds

challenging the weather.

Stay strong, and pray -

there'll come a day

when all of this has past.....

When the people and the

strangers

Will triumph at the last;

When the strangers and survivors

of the whirlpool made of rain

will triumph over evil

and be freed of all their pain.

©Christina 9-16-05

For the Victims of Katrina

Background sequence by Heinz Kannengeisser