When the flaming fireballs lit up the sea
And the volcano belched ash and lava miles high into the air
Were you there?
When the tsunami swept up over the land
and the people drowned beneath the sea
Were you there?
When the explosion ripped our home land in two
and the temples sank beneath the ocean
Were you there?
When the land shook beneath our feet
and buildings tumbled into the street
Were you there?
When the world darkened beneath the ash cloud
and winter went on and on for years
Were you you there?
When fair Atlantis drowned and millions died
and a small fleet was all that were able to put out to sea
Were you there?
When we fled to Egypt and became teachers
but most of the knowledge left this world
Were you there?
Did you cry?
Sharon Pribble