11-14-2016, 06:59 AM
(11-14-2016, 06:40 AM)Leanne Wrote: Can't have been a good night for sleeping Mercedes -- though this is a very peaceful-sounding poem. I enjoy the way you've built in several layers of meaning, so that the quake (which was pretty damn literal) becomes a metaphor for change, for dreams interrupted.
Thanks Leanne -- I haven't slept yet; each time I lay down, another jolt. Aftershocks aren't as continuous now - more than 60 different tremors since the first big one, 11 hours ago.
My parrot freaked out so I had to pretend to be brave - but feeling the ground sway underfoot like water is an awful feeling. Plus, my home is built on the top of a big sand hill. My back yard has new bumps and hollows. Nothing pleasant about earthquakes. Ruaumoko didn't like this super moon!