Sandman Comes My Way

This is was written by a young man who is the son of Missionaries in Haiti. This poem is his depiction of the earthquake that happened this past week, and the effects it has/is having/will have.

Hello sandman
A visit paid by the grains of time
Erases past present and future
Blink of eyes becomes mayhem
Sand man nods his head
These walls are coming down
These ceilings caving in
This world is sinking down
As we realize what were in
Death zone
And the cries of the trapped saturate the skies
As we wonder who we really are
Survivor’s guilt
Or mere thankfulness
Yet scarring images fill our minds
Our world collapses
Ground gives way like quick sand
A man from the blacker land
The sandman
Reeking havoc midst the tears and fears
Grimly grins at the helpless
Who ponder nonexistent lives
Of the crumbling
And tumbling
Lives and homes
Shaking ground
Like jell legs
Destroys all balance
Sandman fills the ground
Waves of death
Waves of pain
Waves of insecurity
Sent by the unknown and unheard
Whether natural or not
It matters none
For the remains smolder with sand
Starvation leads to innovation
New breeds of anarchy are unleashed
Sandman smiles
Lack of unity brings hate and fear
In the wake of tragedy
In the face of jeopardy
Can lives be rebuilt?
Can souls be reformed?
Can homes be rebuilt?
And families reformed
Or shall the after be a new
Is there a lesson here?
Midst all that’s ravenously askew
As these arms reach the skies
Ignoring the sandman’s shrieks
Will the heavens descend?
Or will we return to the old
And kill the spark of dependency
Lit on a God who gives and takes
Oh the hellish tragedy
Loves ripped asunder
Yet mend able
Through the grace of a father with tears
For a bruised child with fears
In the crumbling night
Is there a lesson here?
Will we recognize?
Or make like a corpse
And simply lay down to die
Through return to the past
Dancing by the light of the burning pyres
Flames of doubt and confusion
And no hope that will last
But this warning is true
Ignore the sandman
He will not last
Let go the pain
It will not last
In Christ is there new life
Remaining to be found
In the shattered remains
Of you...