Summer Storm

Daggers of lightning stabbing a bruised night sky
Cries of thunder screaming in pain
Bullets of rain spraying the defenseless landscape
Waves of wind crashing through the treetops
I at my window peering out into the madness

A torrent of air rumbling over my roof
Water leaping down from the sky to pummel my house
My ears are assaulted with the booming thunder
The world outside flashes into focus sporadically
I at my window peering out into the madness

The house shudders lightly in the pounding wind
Then a brilliant flash makes it daytime
A sharp crack splinters the air
The corpse of a tree falls unheeded
I at my window peering out into the madness

Slowly the storm crawls off to the east
Grumbles of thunder like parting words
The dying breeze drifts away
Remnants of rain spatter from the leaves
I at my front door turning the knob