Frozen

Frozen
Never had a chance.
Frozen
Always making people glance.

Their smell is nose scrunching
The sight stomach hurling
Their skin surely as cold as ice
Frozen,
Their color as black as the mice

Frozen,
Never with a proper goodbye
Frozen,
No one in exception,
Whether if you were a girl or a guy.

Hundreds of them still missing,
Our government barely doing anything.
Frozen lined up on the streets,
Still and unmoving,
Covered in sheets.

Frozen,
Taken by Haiyan.
Frozen,
But not forgotten.

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One of the hardest parts of being a survivor, is seeing those who were not lucky enough to pull themselves out of the deathly cold waters. Everyday I would see people passing by, with a body on a blanket, carried on their shoulders. The churches were lined up with the dead, and the morgue, running out of caskets, have no choice but to wait for the Department of Health to collect the bodies.

Frozen, they all are.

14 thoughts on “Frozen”

  1. I could not imagine what that is like, I can remember responding to horrible hurricanes here and seeing bodies everywhere. It is something you never forget. I hope you get help soon.

  2. That is really heart wrenching seeing & hearing about all this. Thank you for putting a human face to Haiyan & it's destruction 🙁

  3. I could not imagine having to experience something like this. Every single day I pray for the people and the families that are affected by such terrible destruction.

  4. (((HUGS)) and prayers to you and your town.. I could not even imagine what it is like… heart wrenching; thanks for sharing this with us and hope you and your family are all ok

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