Cataclysm

Cataclysm

from Greek κατακλυσμός (deluge/flood)

I cannot carry more pain.

For you, for myself,

I have done what I can.

There's nothing left of me.

I've lifted as much as I could,

and I failed, I buckled, and broke,

and it overwhelmed me.

And now...

I cannot carry more pain.

My banks torn after bursting,

my floodplains washed away.

I cannot carry more.

There is no inch of soil thirsting.

The clouds have shed their sorrows,

and the sky was never this empty.

I cannot carry more pain.

The fields of wheat are gone.

The gutters and furrows washed away,

and no place for ravens or doves to nest.

My earth is washed for crying,

soaked from the constant crisis,

and lack of rest.

There is no escape from the flood.

The mountains covered.

The clouds drowning.

I cannot carry more pain.

I have drunk tears aplenty,

and my belly is full of rain.

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