Earthquake

Like thunder it came to the city
Showing the power it has on each one.
Minutes last for eternity
When there's nowhere to hide or to run.

Like a demon it quivered with rage.
People trembled under its tremors.
Buildings that stood for an age
Were shaken over like feathers.

The screaming of women, the crying of children,
The non caring earth destroying their lives.
It brought down the world that they had constructed
And through brutal murder silenced their cries.

The church tower bells are heard through the city
And tell the people their time has run out.
Too late for regretting, mercy or pity.
Earth belongs to itself, is true, is devout.

And then there is silence. The anger is over.
The pulse in your head, still it throbs.
Where is your God, your family, your loved ones?
Earth won't give back the lives that it robbed.

Is there someone to blame for this torment?
Is there somewhere that we all went wrong?
Versus the earth, we're defenceless
And we can't bring back those who've gone.

So next time the fury burns high
And the heat of desire glows red
We will know that we live just to die.
We will know we are better off dead.

Ruins burn with a glowing gold fire
Like torches in darkness of night.
Black smoke rises higher and higher,
Dark shadows that won't admit light.

Is there life in these ruins of happiness?
Is there heaven on earth in this town?
Time is eternal, is endless.
Will time be killed second time round?

The earthquake is over, long dead,
But it came in its glory to kill.
In its name young blood has been shed
To show earth rules over us still.