The Chennai Floods - First Part

THE CHENNAI FLOODS - FIRST PART Firstly the rains came calling cool It instantly brought hope and happiness For people relished the Celsius dip down And hoped for reservoirs to fill to lips But pretty soon the horrific floods followed As it rained cats and dogs, days on end As monsoon turned to a tormentor possessed And led many to many a sleepless night The inevitable pain came calling chill and fast As roads and streets were ravaged entirely And excess water submerged ponds and land As waterways and drains could pass no more The serious threat meandered in with a roar With intense rains adding to the fury and more Amidst storm, lightning, thunder on crescendo Emanating from deep depressions in the Bay Then fear and scare all showed up all night As water inundated fields and farms alike And entered into houses and dwelling units Causing widespread loss to assets and life The floods slithered in surely winding its way Uprooting trees and destructing everywhere Cattle, dogs and pets perished soon, unsung With hapless people of all ages, in a gloom The engulfing darkness brought chaos, for Gloomy conditions only worsened soon With nothing in sight; except rising waters Seething snakes and reptiles added blues Trauma and melancholy, magnified manifold As waters chill, ran amuck human household Swirling in; bringing great despair, in Cities too Nightmare everywhere; yet nowhere to go; The disaster itself was a Broadway show As city and residences became a water-show And in no time all hell had broken loose; Making waterways of rail and road ways too The big losses came quick and fast As households washed off in a gaffe And apartments and cars submerged With basements becoming watery graves Overnight and instantly everything was lost Furniture, valuables, utensils and garments, Refrigerators, kitchenware, other gadgets too Gold, silver, cash and documents; phones too And then it was the death that reared its head, As people drowned and went missing cold Pitch darkness engulfing the misery in whole People breathed their last; their grief untold ........ Continued in Second Part