First tornado siren goes off:<\/p>\n
Hurry. Hurry. Pack it light and fast.<\/p>\n
Grab only what you need, what will last.<\/p>\n
We’ve far to trek so boots will be best,<\/p>\n
they are good for hiking, We’ll give them a test.<\/p>\n
Following day, reaching through the rubble, Robert calls out to Lily:<\/p>\n
“Where are you;<\/p>\n
reach out your hand so I can see you,<\/p>\n
I’m coming to you.<\/p>\n
Do not move if you are bleeding.”<\/p>\n
Heart pounding, Robert pleading<\/p>\n
As he pulls a dresser away, he heard Lily say:<\/p>\n
“Here, here. I’m stuck and can’t reach up.”<\/p>\n
There is no force of nature to keep him from getting to her side.<\/p>\n
Finding supernatural strength, Robert steps<\/p>\n
carefully through the brokenness that is now their life.<\/p>\n
Together finding items they treasure,<\/p>\n
one helps the other to realign and measure<\/p>\n
what matters most as daylight slips away,<\/p>\n
they must come back to search another day.<\/p>\n
They have each other, and nothing material matters.<\/p>\n
Hand in hand, they trudge through the pieces, all scattered;<\/p>\n
evidence of a life suddenly shattered.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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