A Storm Duet

Summer Storm The wind blows – quick, hard, fast – the hot stillness is broken Corn stalks weave wildly as the wind marches through it rows Dust rises to greet this invading storm Large drops of heavy rain hit with a thud Lightening electrifies and paints the blacking sky Hail rips leaves from their home – a hard crack of thunder Clouds tumbling, rolling, forming into a funnel A loud rushing noise – a banshee scream Trees snap, the wind-train thunders by . . . then a deep silence Holding hands they arise from underground Sky clearing, sun peeking through A double rainbow appears – a promise – life . . . love Winter Storm The night is cold and wet, slick over bridges curving edge The rain freezes turning sheets of ice into nature’s sculpture Electrical power lines coated thick -- snap, taking heat away from all Nights of darkness with candles are filled with hearts of hope Ice storms that cripple a city and put a halt on activities As beautiful as they are terrifying, they demand a reckoning When January blows out fierce and February is held captive Our human spirit tired and cold but not beaten Prays for warmer days ahead with confidence Nights of hearths and man made fires Fur lined slippers and flannel robes Better off indoors, with close kin . . . warmed with hope and love Written in collaboration with Mystic Rose Beautiful is the friendship of a Mystic Rose . . . sweet and warm