tremor violently shook the ground quake ruptures the earth doors banged as windows swayed aimlessly glasses shattered tables shifted
mother earth groaned building collapsed upon a household family frantically screamed under the rubble yet strange eerily calm like a silent scream
sunset on gloomy October six and a half moon past dusk the epicentre of the earthquake i only arrived today albeit late no permanent marker just a heap of fading soil like a shifting dune but this flower always blooms what a lush grave!
i scooped a handful of soil symbolically infusing it with sacred memory static still i stood like a stump by the grave a day and half involuntary tears trickle down like a ceaseless rain down my cheeks
how did it happened brother? mystery permeates through the body mighty heart faltered pressure rise and blood raged brain shuts as a permanent sleep occured the family way Overwhelmed arteries did a critical blood vessel ruptured?
calm before the storm lingering destiny disturbed the sleep when agitated sky formed a teardrop impression on a drifting cloud hovering angel of death pointed a laser pen down a sapient soul shrapnels shrills in the wake of exploding stars siren blows then a sonic boom shooting star striked a patriarch with pinpoint accuracy did the space war commenced on my family? had illusions played a belligerent tricks on us?
doomsday upon us a fuming angel lands with a roaring death ensued by a deafening cry futile effort medics scrambled to resuscitate a departed soul no response no replay yet no rewind as you skip the trial did the voyage of no return began?
two hours late did i read the news impulsive tremor didn't a sudden apocalypse seemed a vision to me? only ten days later had i registered the event
meandering metaphors entwined in my story tidal waves of poetic expressions in writing sea of spontaneous emotions unleashed chronicle of earthquake complete comma or a colon is a question mark missing?
how close you are brother! A mere two meter deep or six feet between us yet a distance universe of cosmic dust perched in a looming heaven of beaming galaxies soaring towards a remote planet beyond the hearing range of life you walked a thousand night straight covered a million miles of cinematic landscape like a flashlight through a wall, impenetrable layer obstruct my accent gravity holding me back how can i reach you brother?
can't gauge the depth of this black hole tossed in a volatile void of grief and sorrow i lost my bearing in this maze of vivid memories
you were my anchor you were my guardian too allah show me the path lord help me emerge from this shell like a pupa out of a cocoon
this grave the epicentre of the earthquake ground zero i stand closure i seek structure of simplicity this grave holds a seismic story and the body of a pious man-my brother.