The angry ocean hurls itself at the beach
Furiously carving away the sand
Mountains of wrath in the rock pools
Dirty frothy foam
The waves, larger than ever
Continue to beat down on the beach
The shoreline higher than ever before
Trees thrown from rivers and oceans block the paths
White sand covered in silt
Everything looks dark
Uninviting
The world watches as rivers rage through towns
Dumping detritus into the sea
Houses, shops, buildings destroyed
People homeless
Mountains of rubbish
that will take years to destroy
Where to begin?
How did it come to this?
Decades of not caring
…ignoring
Procrastinating
People rage in despair
Prime minister fumbles
Government struggles to respond
The future looks bleak
What have we done?