Recently, earth changes hit central United States as the worst floods in recorded history took place in the Midwest. Mary Crooks is one of those people affected and she penned this beautiful poem to express her thoughts.

By Mary Crooks

I stood beside you yesterday, looking across the river at the levee, just broken, water pouring over field and houses. My heart ached for the people and their losses.

Then my focus changed.

I felt your presence for a moment, companions sharing in the sight of the flowing, racing river. You were doing what rivers have always done, for untold millennia, yea, much longer than that. You were carrying water toward the sea.