Earthquake

• Jessica Auckland, Grade 4
• Poetry
• 2022

CRACK! BANG! RUMBLE!
The ground starts to shake.
And suddenly, I can feel the move
of a tectonic plate.

The tectonic plate, it moves
like a lightning bolt.
And throughout the earth,
it sends a jolt.

Crackling, crumbling, crunching,
buildings fall to their knees.
And the human hand, from under the earth,
starts knocking down trees.

Finally, I come out from a sea of rubble,
and I immediately know that the earthquake caused trouble.
All around me, my house is scattered,
and at the sight, my heart, is shattered.