Torrent
The rain comes heavy
Ascending from clouds saturated with summer
A river appears in my driveway
It follows the slope of the land
fills a shallow pond to it’s brink
Frogs delight blending a throated chorus to the melody of the storm
Thunder, the handclap of God,
Summons the Crescendo - lightening bolts -
No rainbows at night
An elm, drunk from heaven’s nectar,
stumbles to the ground
Her branches alter the river’s path
Filling the hole where her majestic trunk once stood
Out of death,
Life appears
Copyright © Bill Marable | Year Posted 2026
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