Sweet Serenity Prevails

Sweet Serenity Prevails The storms arrive again, banging thunder at my door These trees are swaying, thrashing, in the wild wind Branches are cracking, falling, as if nature is in a war While bark is taken off parts of trees that are skinned The rain pours everywhere around, blowing to the side Soaking the ground turning dirt to mud in the cooler air All the noise, with unsettled skies, makes me want to hide Maybe escape a while, to return when the weather is fair Slowly the calming begins, with the trees becoming still The sound is now distant, a light steady rain left behind Now, the colors are brighter, shining richer on the hill Serenity returns, with clean, cool, refreshing air to find I am breathing in the summer’s peak during a storm’s trail After Nature’s turbulence passes, sweet serenity prevails Heidi Sands 8/4/17