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    Indianola

    by David Knape
    A town once washed by bright sunrays
    suddenly got washed away,
    could not withstand the wind and waves
    its memory is all that's saved

    Indianola was its name
    how sweet the sound, how great its fame
    poor immigrants from all lands came
    some made it safe, some died in vain

    A town that prospered, port o'call
    drew people to it, one and all
    its promise rising, bright and tall
    who knew disaster would befall

    For in the year, 1875
    in darkened sky, a storm arrived
    and sunk the town, and thus it seems
    along with it, so all its dreams

    Now where it was, only a beach
    just toppled tombstones left to teach,
    the lesson learned, conceived in pain
    beware the path of hurricanes

    For nature is too tall for each
    no seawall made that can't be breached,
    all we can do is step aside
    let hope arise from ebbing tides

    Oh treacherous sea, oh howling wind
    we hope you never come again,
    so many dreams you set adrift
    yet freedom's dream, we still have left

    Although fair Indianola died
    the call of freedom still applies,
    despite the storms in all our lives
    the idea remains, somehow survives.


    © d.knape

    February 19, 2013
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