Storms aren't the way they used to be for me.
When I was a kid the storms were
always something
to go and watch. Sitting on the
front porch or looking
out my window.
I got to see all of
the Chaos and the power and the
rage...I could feel the deep bass
of the thunder as it
shook the building I was in.
The wind causing every-
thing in it's path to bend and
do as it said.
I saw the patterns
that were made on the ground
when the rain hit. I saw
the tiny waves that were made
by the wind. Tiny waves on
an endless black ocean,
rushing outwards in every direction.
I saw the blackened sky lighted
as though it were noon
on a sunny day. The intricate
tracings of the light weave as
a man doodling on a chalkboard.
Then the light became
children in a game of tag. Chasing
eachother all over a
large black canvas.
And then it is over.
Leaving nothing behind but the
damage to the earth and it's inhabitants.
Yet even in this,
there is beauty. The patterns
left when the wind leaves its
artist's stokes on the canvas.
It seems to me that
the storms never leave now. The rage
and chaos they show so brilliantly
are forever contained in
my mind. It is a constant
battle within. There will never be
a winner, but the storms still
rage on.
IN ME. |