Harvey and the Draining of the Swamp

The further away from the Swamp one manages to escape

The clarity of why we are a great nation begins to take shape

The Swamp as the center of federal power is like a true swamp with stifling tropical heat

Like a disease breeding ground with all manner of fevers, leeches, and snakes to meet

The first casualty is self reliance, its symbol of a hand in supinate mode

Always looking for a bigger government to lighten one’s load

Coupled with a sense of deserved entitlement that is next to impossible to sate

So quick to any politician seeking to restrain the growth of spending to berate

Harvey was a tragedy of Biblical proportions that to recover from will take years

But outside of the Swamp hope and unity already starting to appear

Texans and Cajuns didn’t want for the call

As flood waters starting covering homes, churches, businesses and malls

Anyone with a monster truck or a boat of shallow draft

Into the waters to save anyone in the waters drowning path

Thousands upon thousands of neighbors, family, strangers and friends

Put into trucks and boats and sent to safety so their lives would not come to an end

Texas may be an exception but helping out is hopefully the new national trend

It may have only one star but it when it comes to disaster is not alone

Tales of courage, compassion, reaching out to help in the flood ravaged zone

© September 4, 2017, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet                          

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