how do you sit in pain
surrounding me, everyday

1,000 dead
thousands displaced
their tears heard across the ocean
not just a face, not just a tribe

a life altered
friends dismayed
families crying, unsure of the future
not just a case, not just a patient

a marriage unwound
silence replaces
where there once was noise
not just one life, one marriage

the ripples travel outward
shaking us, like earthquakes
I feel my foundation cracking
my faith, diminishing

how do I sit in this pain
and do any more than
lose this faith
this unfounded faith
that I have clung to
for so long