Through Thick and Thin

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I received this poem today from Julie-Ann Avenell, very touching piece...




Here is a poem i wrote for the Queenlanders who lost their lives and those who survived...
Dedicated to all who lost their lives in the Queensland Floods



The sky darkened as it drifted in

The whole of Queensland would be engulfed within

Its fury would unleash devastation despair

Flooding the land with out thought or care


The land would become an inland sea

Stretching as far and wide as the eye can see

So many livestock would die in its wake

Beneath the waters of this enormous lake


The rivers would rise beyond expectations

Theodore is the first for evacuations

The Heavens above unleashing its fury

Becoming our judge and our jury


As the waters rose the land would become

An inland sea to most everyone

Weeks of rain have befallen the land

Still consuming more as the rains expand


So many people their homes are lost

And many of them will burden the cost

Lives foolishly taken from reckless decisions

Others not providing pets with provisions


My heart would cry a river of tears

My anxiety levels would rise from fears

The more I watched the pictures unfold

The more devastation those pictures told


Seventy five percent of Queensland is flooded

Mothers mourning for the child the mothered

Husbands and wives sisters and brother

Would be lost or searching for one and other


Everyday I would kneel in silence in prayer

For protection for all and the searchers who care

Sleep doesn`t come as I lay in my bed

My mind overloaded with visions of the dead


I ask many questions to the Lord up above

Why such devastation for your children you love

Then from out of the depths a miracle occurs

Reminding me that this wasn`t Gods curse



Lives would be shattered across the whole state

And rescue would come for some too late

And many more tears of sorrow will flow

And from my mind this disaster won`t ever go


We are Australians and together we`ll stand

Rebuilding our lives all across this land

Nothing that can break our spirit within

We are Australians through thick and thin



Julie-Anne Avenell

Queensland

Australia