Post by NewMan™ on Jul 5, 2012 23:43:57 GMT -5
"We Will Not Evacuate"
In room 36, her eyes were open wide
The rain was beating heavy on the window outside
On the table, her bible next too her favorite comb
Outside, an angel was visiting St. Rita's Nursing Home
I
The news said to expect landfall inside the next hour
Shortly afterward the home had lost power
"We are going to be fine!" The owner swore
"We will ride this storm out like we have others before"
But she was afraid, so were the others
She held on to the crucifix that was once her mothers
They all sat in their rooms in silence, no one spoke
No one knew that three miles away the levy broke..
24 hours before, an evacuation order was read
The owners looked at such a massive project ahead
Putting residents on buses seems so adverse
With no-where safe to go, such an idea would be worse
A decision was made to stay and lock everything up tight
"It's just a storm", they said, "Everything will be be all right"
When water started coming in the AC, they claimed it was just foam
Outside, an angel was visiting St. Rita's Nursing Home..
II
Meanwhile, a wall of water over nine feet tall
Crept over the parish, at a slow crawl
It destroyed any home that was in its way
St. Rita's was by now less than a block away..
Frightened in the dark, she heard a new sound
Something was outside, ripping open the ground
The wall started shaking, it felt like an earthquake
Behind her, she heard the front windows break..
Suddenly the walls gave out, water came in
She was thrown off her feet, soaked to her skin
She heard screaming and crying amid the debris
She was carried away and slammed against a tree..
She would drown in Hurricane Katrina's tide
One of 35 residents who that night died
A collapsed hallway no one would ever again roam
Outside, an angel was visiting St. Rita's nursing home..
In room 36, her eyes were open wide
The rain was beating heavy on the window outside
On the table, her bible next too her favorite comb
Outside, an angel was visiting St. Rita's Nursing Home
I
The news said to expect landfall inside the next hour
Shortly afterward the home had lost power
"We are going to be fine!" The owner swore
"We will ride this storm out like we have others before"
But she was afraid, so were the others
She held on to the crucifix that was once her mothers
They all sat in their rooms in silence, no one spoke
No one knew that three miles away the levy broke..
24 hours before, an evacuation order was read
The owners looked at such a massive project ahead
Putting residents on buses seems so adverse
With no-where safe to go, such an idea would be worse
A decision was made to stay and lock everything up tight
"It's just a storm", they said, "Everything will be be all right"
When water started coming in the AC, they claimed it was just foam
Outside, an angel was visiting St. Rita's Nursing Home..
II
Meanwhile, a wall of water over nine feet tall
Crept over the parish, at a slow crawl
It destroyed any home that was in its way
St. Rita's was by now less than a block away..
Frightened in the dark, she heard a new sound
Something was outside, ripping open the ground
The wall started shaking, it felt like an earthquake
Behind her, she heard the front windows break..
Suddenly the walls gave out, water came in
She was thrown off her feet, soaked to her skin
She heard screaming and crying amid the debris
She was carried away and slammed against a tree..
She would drown in Hurricane Katrina's tide
One of 35 residents who that night died
A collapsed hallway no one would ever again roam
Outside, an angel was visiting St. Rita's nursing home..
© 2012
