Sandra Martyres - Tsunami? ?

He tickled my face with a feather <br />I smiled back <br />Lying blissfully on the sand <br />We were on our honeymoon <br />Sunbathing on the sea shore <br />Life seemed so wonderful <br />Too good to be true <br />I thought - if this is what <br />Marriage is all about <br />I should have married earlier <br />He seemed to read my thoughts <br />He moved closer to me <br />And brushed his lips on my forehead <br /> <br />Just as we were about to embrace <br />I felt the sand under me rumble <br />I shuddered and deftly turned the other side <br />Then the ground beside me opened <br />And swallowed him up <br />I screamed but no words would come <br />I tried to dig him out <br />But someone pulled me away <br />I have no idea what happened thereafter <br />I found myself in a hospital bed <br />With a bandaged head, <br />Heard people buzzing around and <br />Talking about a new Tsunami in muffled voices <br /> <br />Again, I tried to call out, <br />But I had lost my voice <br />All I wanted to know was <br />Whether they had been able to save <br />My beloved. <br />A kindly nurse bent over me and muttered <br />That the Almighty had been merciful <br />He had saved me from the earthquake <br />And the giant waves that followed it <br />I described my husband and <br />I asked if she had seen him <br />She did not reply <br />But from the look in her eyes <br />I knew the answer <br />I had lost my beloved to the <br />Wrath of the seas…. <br /> <br /> <br />(This is not an autobiographical poem...it is the story of what happened to a dear friend)<br /><br />Sandra Martyres<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tsunami-23/