Summer Storm
Summer Storm
The day unbelievable
heavy and humid laden, barely breathable;
a sallow haze hangs in the air and noiseless din
that pressed against the body and the skin.
Singular steel gray clouds
painted the sky to ominous dark shrouds
and florescent yellow green along the treeline,
roll thunder drummed a beat softly hummed feline;
intermittent light flickered across the horizon as it rose
then brilliant white streaks of crackling white glows,
the thunder crackled across the earth below
snapping free leaves and branches in tow
until electricity ruptured loud the sounds. that slows.
Down between the hazy atmosphere
rain opened up close and near
a downpour cascading through the tree light beams
rooftops flowed with swift moving streams
flooding gutters to overflowing, washing clean
the residue remains unseen.
Summer burned the grass
brown spots pocketed here along the paths
flower petals falling everywhere too fast,
these restless winds race in and out
exhaling and inhaling every tendril and sprout
till the rolls drum off to the distance ending summer drought.
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Copyright © Dm Babbit | Year Posted 2020
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