Taken at the Flood

The terrible flooding brought by storms this February has prompted this poem about the disaster which overtook people as rivers burst their banks.

Taken at the Flood

No still waters here, but raging flow
Rivers rise up and break their bank
Beneath the waters, meadows sank
A time of disaster, time of woe

Rescuers in boat, along they row
The homes the river did outflank
No still waters here, but raging flow
Rivers rise up and break their bank

The rising waters grow and grow
So deep and muddy, dark and dank
Lost so far below, the riverbank
And time to leave, and time to go
No still waters here, but raging flow