Storm surge drives rising waters
In against the retreating tide
Building up into a swirling flood
Overcoming river banks, degrading beaches
Churning waters overwhelming sodden land.
Floodwaters fill the basement
Flow through the ground floor, filthy.
Head upstairs, seek shelter above raging waters.
House shudders, heart skips a beat.
Below, rats have the same idea
Seeking sanctuary on the upper floor.
Driven mad with terror, they bite
And claw, vicious. Now, not only waters
But, rodents provide a threat.
Retreat onto roof: Rats go, too.
No escape from them or wild waters
Rising ever nearer, churning, churning.
Fight them off. Cling to roof
Slick with rain and blood.
More clamber up. Water rises higher.
Will help arrive before it’s too late?
RISING WATERS by DJ Tyrer | Sandalwood & Vanilla Poetry Reed Diffuser
DJ Tyrer is the person behind Atlantean Publishing, and has been published in The Rhysling Anthology 2016, Dwarf Stars 2022, Gargoylicon, Lycanthropicon, and Vampiricon, and issues of Enchanted Conversation, The Horrorzine, Journ-E, Lovecraftiana, Scifaikuest, Spectral Realms, Star*Line, and Sublimation. SuperTrump and A Wuhan Whodunnit are available to download from the Atlantean Publishing website. The collection Madness Rides the Star-wind is published by Island of Wak-Wak.
