Fury in Waynad

 Fury in Waynad

Poem...

Okay...

Let me consult my heart...

Feel the heart beat..

Listen to the screamless death....

And violent screams...

At 2.00 am and 4.30 am on 30th July 2024...

Mountains at Waynad in Kerala tuned their anger raw...

Cracked open...

Pushed debris over the houses...

Some bodies mutilated in pieces...

Some disappeared without a trace...

Still some rescued is a miracle...

Torrential rains....

River formed where people stayed...

No roads left...

Its all unfolded when villagers lay asleep...

Down was yet to shine...

Darkness still ruled the times...

Every announcement increased number of dead...

It crossed 200 so far...

Don't know what final figure might be...

Three villages now only the memories..

Ghastly act of nature...

Brute separation of souls from the bodies...

Men, women, pregnant ones, children, todlers, girls, boys, elderly, infirmed, all perished...

Civil administration succumbed, crumbled, caught unaware...

Struggling to find breath of early morning tragedy...

God's own country, Kerala...

May find God's own grace...

To mourn for the dead, care for the sick...

To bounce back in Resilience...

Little prayer to Almighty I raise...

Bless beloved Kerala State..

God bless Waynad...

01 August 2024

Sebastian Rodrigues,

Goa