He stayed in the building until the skin of walls were peeled.
His voice echoes in those that were saved.
She let the promise of family swim into wave to let others run.
Her voice echoes in those that were saved.
They fought rubble that cornered them breathless. Drowned.
Their voice was evacuation signals. living and beating in bodies breathing.
They gave hope to those that climbed to the highest point.
s a n k
into the depths of wrath.
they’re bones crawled
downward
to lost.
peeled, the skeleton building stood;
Red with angry felt the shore retreat with its city.
imagined reconstruction. New blueprint.Home.
New shopping center.Hope.
