Soundless Tempest

SOUNDLESS TEMPEST Now lightning flickers o'er distant mountain peaks. The sky develops shadows over all The breeze accelerates and chills to speak A warning of the fast approaching squall Small droplets speckle ‘cross the window pane. Timid creatures now are seeking sheltered refuge Vivid flash announces close impending rain Prodigious splashes transform to a deluge The waves of rain traverse our panorama. Gauze curtains drawn by cosmic stage hand's might Relentlessly recasting features to those of dark drama As familiar scenes are shrouded, obscured from sight Now random electric arcs flare bleak vision scanned. Against blackened clouds weird images confound An awesome turmoil and darkness is on the land All visible anchors cast off into shade spellbound But the terrible drama plays out the penumbra turns fair Known reference points can once again be seen The near rocky peaks firm and clear through the rain-washed air Residual cloud - fine-spun white wraps for hills now green Contest: Describe thunder storm without the sense of sound Sponsor: Brenda Chirl