Torrential
rains…
Poured down
unrelenting
Grounds,
soaked
Waters
shimmering
The skies turned gray
Darkness
enveloped the plains
Raging…
raging
Pelting rain
from the heavens
Further, deep
down
In to
blissful wetness
As the winds,
ravaging faces
Bringing
utmost chill
To everyone's
countenance
Thou! no
tempests coming
But Lo! These
rains so fierce
Making my
fellowmen
Worried and
alert
Drainage
clogged
Wastes under
duress
Jumbling the
raw flesh
And the
unwanted pests
Mixing,
creating gross
Inevitable
mess
Rain swarmed
nonstop
Water level
getting high
It was only
ankle deep
But Lo! Now
it became steep
Pools of
water unceasing
Now the Flood
is coming
Children
began to wail
Adults began
to panic
The water is
rising
The current
is furious
Raging,
tearing
Each way it
touches
Engulfing
each area
That is
devoid of volume
Lashing as if
a dragon on fire
Submerging
things…
Burying
lives...
Strangling
the light of hope
Into a lesser
piece
Until it
flickers no more
Flash
floods...
The metro is
a waterworld
Nearby towns
Stricken in
terror
In pain and
hunger
Where people
climbed to their roofs
To seek
shelter
From the open
skies
And yet it
gave no compassion
For the rains
become uncontrolled
Bringing
forth anguish
And of
adrenaline rush
To survive
To cling on
To the unseen
forces
Brought by
nature's wrath
This untamed…
Habagat…
MAC
(This was made amidst the pouring rain last August 7, 2012 - an unprecedented flash flood strike Metro Manila and nearby towns, sending chaos and testing once again the unity and perseverance of the typical Pinoy)