This Storm Was Written In Darkness
This storm was written in darkness
due to a power failure.
No one seems to know why power surges
or why lights dim and flicker out.
Electricity loses the will to live
in winter time.
Outside the storm moves
like a musician chasing notes
down the mountains with his silver flute.
Stars attempt meteor showers
against cloud cover.
Through my window
the wind bruises tree faces.
Throwing combinations heavyweight style
before the leaves have all fallen.
I believed I was safe
here inside the darkness.
Until I find the firelight
leaping in cadence
to the marching clouds.
Copyright © by Roger Patrick Ewing, all rights reserved.
2 responses so far ↓
1 poepoems // Nov 23, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Your work seems to edge on a famous poet I read often:
Mr. Poe.
2 seineezew // Dec 10, 2009 at 6:26 pm
A lot of of folks write about this issue but you said really true words.
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