Tremor

©1994 Steve Macdonald

Shake
Fissures down below
Pressure builds so slow
Sudden CRACK
Then go-

Shake
Shift and move
Ground pours, you lose
It’s all dark,
You know-

Refrain
Run and hide, go get away
Find a safer place to stay.
Pray the walls won’t give away
To crush

Movement stops
Settle in the dust
Creeping sounds and gusts
Wind rises;
Oh-

Shake
Shift and twist
Concrete cracks, then lists
It’s not over
No-

Refrain

Go
Get out to the street
Run fast, breathe deep
But there’s nowhere
To go.

But there’s nowhere
To go.

But there’s nowhere
To go.


Inspired by the Northridge Earthquake in California on 17 January, 1994.