After Irma

I want to help
Rain suffuses my perspective
I am caught where I am
Gazing at you
Whom I do not know but recognize–
Battered and indifferent
Fluttered like an absent twig
In Martian weather
All you see is empty sky
And a road so covered with debris
You don’t know where to begin
Or how to move forward
I am lucky to see things
Have them still
So I will help you
Clear paths
Create shelters
Stay warm
Until the storm calms
If it ever calms–
We will be strangers together.

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