It came crashing down in torrents and waves.
Nothing was untouched.
The moon glares down with its compelling glow and I watch.
Behind the windshield I watch and feel the spray.
The car cuts a path through the distorted cold graves.
Water wings soar towards the gray sky on either side.
And I would’ve called serendipity if I believed in fate.
The roads curve up from their deathbeds and groan like black smoke.
It is a deathless place under the sheets of time.
The curtain that drapes over the hue of day hangs over my head.
It is heavy with grief, and so are the leaves, and so am I.
The droplets hit the ground at uneven intervals and I begin to count back the years.
My father looks to the horizon and sees his homeland.
My mother looks backwards and sees only the hushed dark street.
My brother has his eyes closed and he sees nothing.
I am sitting under the metal canopy and hearing the rain.
I am sitting under the weight of tragedy and watching the rain.
I do not remember the color blue.
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Author:
sophin (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: My house stands under the accusing eye of the storm.
- Category: Nature
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Comments2
hope you're ok
I like the sense of magnitude
imbued in your vivid imagery
thanks for sharing
I feel that I have been there, the images evoked memories of tornadoes when I lived in Oklahoma and the many hurricanes I have been through in Florida. The poem was vivid and tense. I hope everything is ok.
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