Can You?

After the twin disaster in Japan, I've been really disturbed --- to the point that sleeping has been harder for me. Aside from the fact that my Daddy's working there, I just feel like everything's crumbling; like the world's ending soon. Or maybe 2012 isn't really a hoax. I've been seeing photos and videos about the disaster and I just feel the need to do something yet I don't know where or how to begin. So I sat down and started writing my thoughts. I apologize for the crappy words but I just wrote my heart out and this is all I my preoccupied mind could come up with. I didn't even think of a title for this, uhh, "poem". So yeah.


I can't just sit here,

Staring blankly at the screen

When lives nowhere far

Instantly disappear



I can't just sit here,

Pretending I feel no urge

When homes nowhere far

Are swept by a sudden surge



I can't just sit here,

Going on like nothing's wrong

When people nowhere far

Have been trapped for too long



I can't just sit here,

Complaining unreasonably

When mothers nowhere far

Lose their child suddenly



I can't just sit here,

Being consciously unaware

When a nation nowhere far

Is left with nothing but despair



I can't just sit here.

Can you?