the ground crumbles
it shakes us with fear,
leaving us to wonder
about what's coming near.

we rush,
we push,
we run for our lives.
in hopes to live
in hopes to survive.

nowhere to go,
nowhere to flee,
every minute we pray to Mother Earth to let it be.

two years have passed
but the aftershocks still last,
instilling more fear
and leaving us to wonder
about what's coming near .