Monday, September 28, 2015

Storm


How she brews and
   where she blows
      is the answer we want,
   but no one knows.

Wind and rain,
   fire and ice,
      a path of destruction
   through us all does slice.

Dark brooding yin
   crashes yang’s violent light;
      all in their path
   succumbing to fright.

Our structures and bodies,
   are hurled through the air,
      shredded like paper.
   Does anyone care?

Captured together,
   a serendipitous chance,
      rainbow and funnel
   paired for a dance.

One rip-roaring,
   hell-bent on death;
      the other still promising
   love’s holy breath.

Let metaphor carry you
   past picture’s contrast
      to relationship’s reality
   so you may hold fast

to the ways your life
   can be healed or broken
      by the words you choose,
   either withheld or spoken.

Hope’s seed is scattered
   to places unknown.
      Come hell or high water,
   we’ll hang-on ‘til she’s grown.

© 2015 Todd Jenkins


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