The residents flee to a higher ground,

They seek safety; they will survive this time around.

Nature’s brutality destroyed the people once,

Oh it cannot come to pass again.

All their belongings and tangible property

To be destroyed and now begins a path of poverty,

Yet they fight and climb to this higher ground

For there is always what to reach and light to be found

And with you my simple heart, my humble soul,

Blind and must advance to where life is whole,

Desecrated by kindness and evil of this tempting canyon

But it is time to rise above and reach divine heights

Delay then dash, distract then direct

Higher ground is near but not real yet,

A game of the mind to strive then trick

Understand the potential but know its limits,

Oh heart, Oh soul there is danger surrounding

Achieve higher ground, better view but grounded.

Craig's Poetry