Don't believe the saying
' chaos will be succeeded
  by order'  as though
it's an inexorability--for
I am too inclined to say: no
  it has devastated and destroyed
  without clemency--in total-
rivers and seas have burst their banks
trees have fallen all over
fields have been inundated
in the apocalyptic deluge
mountains and hills have fallen
and all land is buried and dead
salvage and revival is too late-

nature's episodes translate
into the affairs of man
who in extremity is trapped
helpless, hopeless, agape
even by love, sacrifice and duty
he finds no way of escape
and could not be saved-

hush, the deepest hush
silence, the eerie drawn-out silence
fear,  the all-consuming fear
tear,  the dry-less every tear
here, the unbearable here
near,  so perilously near
hear,  the last human sigh you would hear--

the final scene
the end of the hymn
where, where is the order?