Premonition

First posted HERE last August 2009.
Reposted in lieu of what's happening all over the world at the moment. For Japan.

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it's summer, the dark clouds continue to fall
your phone's ringing, will you still ignore the call?
no more trees to feed, displaced by dryers and lights on streets
the futile sun finally surrenders and retreats.

summer ends, a flower longs for a mid-year raindrop
unfortunately, all the clouds have been dried up.
now a neighbor mourns for a withered money tree
looks like money and tree aren't meant to be.

summer has been moved to june
will there be winter in tropical places soon?
as the sun swallows our world that's becoming smaller
we will see our future underwater.

~Rizza Jane Villanueva, Trade Off