Friday, November 22, 2024

STORMS

  Storms break the silence of the day,

split the clouds and leave jagged edges,

throw thunderbolts like stones

skipping across pond water,

draw sheets of rain like curtains

over the windows.

 

Storms carry winds that ripple the torrents,

throw away all things disconnected,

howl at lightning channels that are hotter

            than the sun.

 

Storms break the surface of the day,

expose the raw breadth of light,

            the heavy weight of sound,

            and the endless depth of words,

                        knitted together out of bedlam,

                        before the skyline begins to clear,

                        wind spirals stop spinning,

                        and the silence of the day returns. 

 

©cmheuer, 11/2024

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