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I am a world apart
from the coast of Indonesia,
I am overcome with
so much grief.

It's a week today
since the earth shook
and the water swept in.

It seems and feels like
the more souls that
have been found and counted
knowing the death toll
rises higher and higher....
the more grief I feel.

Copyright Cynthia Jones
Jan.2/2005