China Quake

The Quake in China drawing to an end,
'midst mourning and 'midst public shows of grief;
In Sichuan the rescue teams still wend,
And hope that they can give some small relief,
In order to relieve the heavy grief,
That's felt by victims and by those still trapped;
And in the public eye the nation's Chief,
Thanks donators with all their sources tapped,
As China shows the world that in some things it's apt.

The rescue teams from many other lands,
As well as those from not so far afield,
Search through the ruins with a noble plan:
To dig through rubble, and to make it yield,
To get survivors out and have them healed;
And wearily to take the hapless dead,
And bury in mass graves while watchers reel,
And mourn their loved ones 'midst the earth's bloodshed;
While words of horror form but must remain unsaid.