Today is the 6th anniversary of the tsunami. Where we lived, Bang Niang, is thought to have been the hardest hit town in Thailand. A film called 'The Impossible' is being made about it in the area at the moment. Some locals welcome it for the good it does to the economy and others find it offensive and in extremely bad taste. Today I am thinking about it all.
A film is being made about a wave.
I know a little about it.
About how it was big but not tall,
At first it looked harmless.
Seen from afar a long rippled crawl.
It didn’t stop when it should have.
I know a little about it.
How it followed you far inland.
Over ground it shouldn’t know.
Filled up houses, roads and market stalls.
A perpetual unbroken rank .
I know a little about it.
Overwhelming with silent power
Performing obsequies as it went.
Hijacking with an invaders gall.
The retreat was sudden and complete.
I know very little about it.
A pillaged and decimated scene.
A thousand land borne ship wrecks.
A toy town subject to a tigers maul.
A film is being made about a wave.
I know nothing about it.
Not the violence or the intrusion.
The shock, the fear, nor the intimidation.
Through which these new usurpers trawl.
I know a little about it.
About how it was big but not tall,
At first it looked harmless.
Seen from afar a long rippled crawl.
It didn’t stop when it should have.
I know a little about it.
How it followed you far inland.
Over ground it shouldn’t know.
Filled up houses, roads and market stalls.
A perpetual unbroken rank .
I know a little about it.
Overwhelming with silent power
Performing obsequies as it went.
Hijacking with an invaders gall.
The retreat was sudden and complete.
I know very little about it.
A pillaged and decimated scene.
A thousand land borne ship wrecks.
A toy town subject to a tigers maul.
A film is being made about a wave.
I know nothing about it.
Not the violence or the intrusion.
The shock, the fear, nor the intimidation.
Through which these new usurpers trawl.
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