Monday, July 22, 2024

Weathering the storm Jan 27, 2014

  

you can see it coming the way

 in summer you see storm clouds

rising out of the horizon

 no thunder yet no lightning

yet the smell of ozone

that tells you the storm is inevitable

 and we either need to see cover or get drenched

something like this brews within her

only I have no clear telescope to see

what it is precisely what it is

just the gathering clouds

 and the smell of ozone

 and the fear this storm

might not blow over as easily

 as some before have

she even needs to seek protection

 or risk being flooded

drowning in a place she previously

thought of safe

our lives are vulnerable to

mother nature's whims

and with only small things

 to keep us safe

never adequate enough

 no one fully enough

we only have ourselves

and this is what scares us most

we standing alone in a field

as bolts from Zeus tear open the sky

we looking up at the universe

that's so overwhelms us

 we tiny against the backdrop of gods


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