At the Sound

At the sound of the opening door The crows cawed a warning A stray cat perched upon the fence Meowed to greet this morning The warm sticky fog touched each pore Made life uncomfortable How early in spring does summer Appear so formidable Each plant contained within a pot Cries out for moisture please Like works upon the edited page Call for a similar reprise From old, old themes can lines read new To modern generations Let my lines ring within their hearts A message to nations The sound of thunder marked the time But no lightning was seen Like a comet always has a tail Youth dream their awesome dreams Some fall by the wayside consumed Like seed pecked by those crows Let God's message be heard by all His love for man disclose Finis' Formidable__arousing fear, dread or alarm or inspiring fear or respect through impressively large, powerful, intense or capable Reprise__a return to the first theme or subject A recurrence, renewal, or resumption of action