Gershon Wolf Poet Rhyme

Where's the Sunshine

The sun smiles, the moon waxes and wanes
 The stars twinkle when they come out at night

Winds blow, gust, shirt, swirl, pick up and die down
  Tornadoes are twisters and hurricanes have eyes

When the sun shines on us, that's good fortune
  She hides her face, we take it on the chin
It rains on our parade, or we get snowed under
  Hurricane-force winds can tear whole towns asunder 

Earth's cracks and crevices widen, innocents consumed
  Lightning can strike us -- electrocution
Tsunamis wash ashore -- total dissolution
  Twisters touch ground -- destruction, destitution

Nature is oft delightful, capricious, full of fanciful whims
  Yet the havoc she can wreak is devastatingly grim

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Arturo Michael April 20, 2019 at 4:12 AM Nice...Where is the sunshine...Where has she gone...Like the whole concept... Gershon Wolf April 21, 2019 at 11:18 PM Thank you for your view and your viewpoint, Arturo. Greatly appreciated. Best wishes, Gershon

M. L. Kiser April 18, 2019 at 4:05 PM So true; you've penned her personality perfectly! Gershon Wolf April 18, 2019 at 4:38 PM She certainly can be a terror sometimes...

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart April 18, 2019 at 8:04 AM Temperamental clime she be, lovely done Wolf Man! xomo <3 Gershon Wolf April 18, 2019 at 10:18 AM OK! Thank you for the view and viewpoint, Maureen! :) gw

Tom Cunningham April 18, 2019 at 2:47 AM The power of mother nature, captured well Gershon. Gershon Wolf April 18, 2019 at 10:18 AM Thanks for the generous evaluation, Tom!