Earthquake! O.o

by **Juliana** Sat May 02, 2009 8:42 am

For some reason, I feel the need to write this as a freeverse poem. Don't know why. Here it is.

I am riding the adrenaline rush
That comes from
Sitting down to dinner with your family
Saying a prayer
Starting in on your spaghetti
Then there's a bang
And you have to wonder
Why did everything around you
Leap to the side?
What was that sound?
But your mother knows.
She's seen this before.
And you run for a doorway
For fear of aftershocks.
It's over.
It wasn't very strong.
But I still feel the rush
Because I've finally realized
That that confused second was
My first earthquake.

Obviously, I'm fine. I don't think anything or anyone got hurt, but I've never been in an earthquake before. It was... I don't know if the right word is "exciting" or "scary" or "surprising." Maybe it was all three. But I felt like I needed to write about it. Hope you guys don't mind my bizarre methods of coping (poetry... telling people...)

by V Sun May 03, 2009 9:14 am

Love it, fast read but I like how you put it together. I'd like to see more poetry in the Sandbox section ^^

by **Winnie** Sun May 03, 2009 8:43 pm

Werent you living here when we had that earthquake about a year ago? I know your brother was... he was sitting next to me....

o.O Also, we have a powtry section under "Word Games"

Very good poem... spaghetti!

by **Juliana** Mon May 04, 2009 3:25 am

Yes, Winnie, you're right. I was there when y'all had the earthquake last year... but I don't count that one. Firstly because nobody felt it, and secondly because I didn't even hear it. Embarassed