Blink of an Eye

In the blink of an eye, a decade we've seen
Storms and disaster too many to count
Life and Loss all become one
Born were those to privilege there have always been
And taken by poverty there will always be
A hundred years they said it would come
A million times worse the results
The storm of the century
Lives torn to the bone
Hopeless and hurting, crying out for help
Reminiscent of the days when terror hit
We thought we were safe
We never knew it would come down to this
How could we have known just a decade ago
That storms and disaster too many to count
Would determine who we would become.
Written by Stacy Hill - 2005