It built up and at it's peak felt thrilling

Pushing back against nature and her power

It pulled back, receded with a dead calm

Then with tremendous force, came crashing in

Taking with her everything in her path,

Nobody could have prepared us.

It came so quickly and out of nowhere

And now, we live in her wake.

Hurt, cold, overwhelmed confused.

She is gone but we shall never foget

How quickly she came, the devastation she

brought

Her force and might remind us

that life is fleeting and fragile.

The tidal wave that was.