Mr Nakamoto, number one employee

Of the little bakery down the road

Always most polite bowing and contrite

He believed he reaped the seeds that he had sown.

 

His sweetheart petite wife and true love of his life

Twin children that he loved so very dearly

His home filled him with pride with his family by his side

Hard work and luck had served him clearly.

 

When his house began to rock it was a devastating shock

With children screaming and family treasure falling all around

His family looked to him as the noise became a din

He shouted to them all "Quickly lie down” 

 

At last it all went quiet no one spoke a word

Relieved their little home had stood the test

His wife got off the floor "We must check the folks next door”

Then he new she really was the very best.

 

Then a noise just like a train thundering down the line

Made them all look through the window in an instant

A wave so very high it obliterated the sky 

Bore down upon their home from in the distance  

 

Like a thousand hammer blows it hit their home

Which exploded in a mass of swirling foam

He held his family tight but the water had such might

 It plucked them from his arms, he was alone.

 

Tossed in a soup of foul debris he tried to swim

He found a hand so briefly then it slipped away

He cried unto the lord save them take me

But his prayer would not be answered on that day.

 

Years past and he built a little garden by his home

With bonsai trees and a shimmering pool where Koi swim.

In the corner stand three perfect polished stones