Flood
written by: Mark Alden
Rain fell.
Rivers rose.
Dams burst.
Bridges crumbled.
Roads vanished.
Homes were washed away.
Lives were washed away, too.
Some heeded the warnings.
Others never got them.
Some found higher ground.
Others drowned.
There was no negotiating.
No launching of missiles.
No military force great enough
to poke the eye of the angry mother
in her warring hour.
Mark Alden is a writer and photographer. He is the author of the blog Haunted Avenues. His work has also appeared in the digital publications Illumination and Illumination Curated. He lives and works in upstate New York.
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