Twin disasters

A sudden earthquake of magnitude measuring 6.8 on th Ritcher during a spate of incessant rains lead to many landslides, destruction of roads and buildings and loss of lives. This was a twin disaster of a scale not witnessed before in the eastern himalayan hills. Those who experienced this remain with fear still looming large before their eyes.

Yet....

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
therefore we will not fear, even though the earth be removed, and the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea. Psalms 46:1,2.

Creeping, crawling, moving, mawing.

Ghost-like, the clouds, kept on gnawing.

The thunders roaring, the rain kept falling,

till chunks of earth, began their trawling.

Weeping, wailing, shaking, stalking.

Just that moment, the earth was quaking.

Despite their efforts,there was no standing, or sitting or sleeping,

when the land itself, began its moving!

Falling, breaking, cracking, creaking,

and pillar and post, began weakening.

Till stones, and rubble, and bricks were pelting;

and trees and houses and nature were quivering.

Crying, wailing, shaking, shivering.

While all around debris was flying.

Now despite the rain stopping and the earth standing,

the fearful eyes, they still are weeping.

Recent earthquake in and around my hometown