Storm ions mass,
stir up old injuries,
swelling cats’ paws,
silencing cockatoos mid-screech.
In the particle zoo,
darker the light
settles stillness unsettling
like a spine tingle…
Then
an electric spear is thrown,
punctures the tension.
Fat clouds, slow on the uptake,
grumble to rain
to wash it away.
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Makes me miss those wonderfully terrifying storms. How powerful they are. How small I feel.
They are awesome at times, aren’t they? Where have you experienced them? You seem to travel quite a bit. I saw you were in Cuba recently – I’m envious!
I was actually only thinking about the storms I’ve experienced in Western Canada. I remember sitting up on a hill one night watching the sheet lightning show. It went on for quite a while lighting up the sky. Beautiful.
Have seen lots of “electric spear” lightning here too- and the next morning seeing the remains of trees they had hit.
the thunder of Thor’s hammer , then the answering jagged Lightening bolt… truly Sky wars!! Wonderful picture drawn with your words…xPenx
Yes, absolutely. The electric spear — the spine tingles to read this, Bluebee.
Thanks, Monica. We have quite a few at this time of the year.
Thanks, Pen 🙂
I love your fat clouds 🙂 and ‘cat’s paws’. I have been wanting to write a lightning poem ever since a storm we had 2 nights ago – synchrony again (I still will if I have a moment).
Look forward to reading it, Gabrielle 🙂
This is a perfect poem, are you in Johannesburg?
Thanks, Cin. No, I am in Sydney, but was brought up in Durban and lived in JHB for 12 years so know that you’ll be having the same kind of storms around about now. I just love them 🙂
My first visit here, Bluebee, and what great one: your take on storms reminds me of Mary Shelley’s way back when electricity was such a mystery. Lovely!
Thanks, Kate. Great to have you visit! 🙂
“In the particle zoo,
darker the light”
I love this line!
Thanks, hidinginthesuburbs. Great to have you come out of hiding to visit 🙂
You’ve captured that tension build up and release of a storm quite nicely. I like “silencing cockatoos mid-screech”.
Thanks, Elaine. We’ve had quite a few in the past few weeks and a really spectacular one last night – I saw a lightning bolt hit the ground in our garden 🙂