A never-ending ocean

sewage water
floods a village
through the school
torrential rain
like an ocean
a never-ending ocean

heavy rain
has come again
but worse than before
flooding farmland
killing livestock
like an ocean
a never-ending ocean

water level
has risen high
over walls
reaching the sky
like an ocean
a never-ending ocean

family and friends
lost out at sea
help unavailable
living impossible
like an ocean
a never-ending ocean

sparks flying
people dying
telephone lines
flooded trains
cars all floating
on an ocean
a never-ending ocean

by Matthew Jewell

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