we mourn those who are killed
whether by nature or human hands
form groups for support
join in the pain in any way we can
honor, reminisce, collaborate
beyond a swift case of heartache
yet,
we forget
in the face of the ease
amid traffic on cyberspace
who gave us the chance to compensate
for the immense loss of those violently killed
the reporting souls who often tend to get
the thunder, the fire, the flood, the twister effect
from us;
we frequently resend
their tongue, their style, what they account –
they are the ones whom we neglect
now that there was a deadly whirling wind
by which twenty-four human beings were killed
none will remain a mere number –
mourners, there are a plenty
including young school children
one of whom was amazed to see
the celebration of the dead and the living;
like the three hundred and seventy-five people injured –
in welcoming hope, their lives we get to embrace
schools, destroyed;
12,000 homes, damaged or vanished;
some owners, already named –
numerous volunteers, fast ready to help
we, too, are thus, enabled to step in
locals, non-locals, other continents’ residents –
in body, in spirit or by spreading the word out loud
by writing, speaking, or simply wishing
strength in heart to those young and old,
who mourn loved ones for their lives’ ceasing
for, we have learned of your sorrow
thanks to the efforts in reporting
by those who live any- and everywhere
but also there
where you again will call home
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