Weathering the Storm


The day grows darker,
With clouds hanging low and ominous.
Atmosphere charged into an expectant frenzy
Terrified by explosions overhead,
Illuminated by destructive sparks
And drenched by ferocious rainfall
That soaks and seeps and freezes
Even amidst the heat.
Hailstone hits like thousands of glass shards,
And as the thunder rumbles on
The clouds break.
The sunshine forces through,
Evaporating fallen rain into mist.
Wind diminishes.
The air, refreshed.
The earth, rejuvenated.
The fire and water moved on. For now.
The storm, now in the distance, rages onwards.
The calm returns
Bright and fresh like a new Spring morning.

This storm, like any other, weathered.
And time goes on, regardless.

12 responses to “Weathering the Storm”

  1. prenin avatar

    Good poem Tom! 🙂

    Sounds just like one of our recent storms! 🙂

    God Bless!

    Prenin.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Thanks, Prenin… I have been slightly inspired by the recent weather!

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  2. Sherri avatar

    Hope you are weathering the storm Tom…time does indeed go on regardless. And nothing like dark stormy days to inspire us to write lovely poetry. Love your new blog’s look btw, very catching 🙂

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Thanks, Sherri… I tinker with the blog’s appearance quite a lot though, it must be said!
      There’s always more than one storm that needs weathering at the same time, but I get through them, Sherri. Well, I seem to, anyway! 🙂
      And yes, there’s nothing like the weather for that really needed burst of creative inspiration!

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      1. Sherri avatar

        Yes, I had noticed 🙂 Glad you’re ‘weathering’…and I know just what you mean. Keep creating Tom 🙂

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        1. Tom Merriman avatar

          I’ll try to, Sherri… even in this heat! 😀

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  3. europasicewolf avatar

    The air us definitely not cleared here lol and the storm lasted just a few hours…by morning sun was burning again!

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      It’s getting like that again up here now, Icewolf.
      I just want a happy medium! (And now I’m thinking about my waist size again. Sigh!) 😉

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      1. europasicewolf avatar

        Me too! lol 😉

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  4. Diane Henders avatar

    Love it, Tom, especially the last line! True indeed.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Thanks, Diane.
      We’ve just got to keep on keeping on too!

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