Wednesday, August 29, 2007

two years ago today...

two years today hurricane katrina made landfall in louisiana, devastating new orleans and the surrounding areas.
two years ago today i was sitting in a hotel room with my brother robin watching the news.
two years ago today i was looking at images of my beloved city flooded, destroyed, in chaos.
two years ago today i realised that i didn't know the whereabouts of my little brother andrew and my little sister sarah, it would be a week before we found them.
two years ago today they told me that it might by nine months before we could return to the city.
two years ago today i learned that i lost my apartment and mostly everything in it.
two years ago today i didn't know where most of my friends were or even if they were alive.
two years ago today i sat and cried as they said that they might never rebuild new orleans.
two years ago today i realised that new orleans would never again be the city i had grown up in.
two years ago today i wept.
two years ago today my life changed.

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