The Original “Go Bag”

Hurricane preparations
Can be quite daunting
Gathering supplies
So you won’t be left wanting

Putting gas in the car
Water and batteries
Don’t forget snacks
Who’s bringing the toiletries

It takes so much effort
Getting everything ready
Starting quite early
Going slow and steady

The ones living in
The Low lying areas
Know The dangers of flooding
It’s quite precarious

Measures are taken
To seal everything
But will it be enough
What will the tide bring

The pets need to have
Food, water, and beds
Packing everyone up
Don’t forget to count heads

Your “Go Bag” sits there
Next to the front door
If danger is present
You’ll grab it for sure

The “original go bag”
Took years to prepare
With a flood coming
There was no time to spare

Noah and his family
Had much work to do
Building the ark
As God told them to

They were given instructions
On what to bring
There would be no Walmart
They must not skip a thing

There was food to gather
Quite a job you know
It would take all
The crops they could grow

Supplies for a year
For both man and beast
Making sure all had food
From greatest to least

Noah gathered the animals
Taking them two by two
This took a long time
There were quite a few

“Clean” animals and
Some birds from the heavens
Brought into the ark
Instead by the sevens

All animals needed
To have shelter and food
The horses neighed
And the turtle doves cooed

There were camels and llamas
Lions and bears
Some got their own space
Others had to share

Noah’s family spent
All of those years
Storing provisions
With blood, sweat, and tears

They sealed up the ark
With “tar-like” pitch
So no water would enter
And cause that boat to tip

The time finally came
The storm was approaching
The clouds masses formed
The raindrops encroaching

Thunder and lightning
The wind and the rain
With fear and trembling
That day finally came

How happy they were
As the boat groaned and creaked
They’d done a good job
The ark never leaked

They’d followed instructions
Down to the letter
The results of obedience
Couldn’t be better

The challenge they had
In that work they’d not lagged
Preparing the original
Giant “go bag”