The Storm

the news told us that something was going to happen
that the world wasn't ready for
people started to panic and washing was brought in off the garden lines
windows were closed and locked and the doors were shutting out every room
there wasn't a sound

people were aware of the damage this kind of storm could cause
as they had all witnessed it before or heard about it
yet they waited in silence
huddled together

it started to get darker in the sky even though it wasn't a late hour
and the clouds started to move together and become filled with the angry rain
people were praying and asking for forgiveness even though in their hearts - they knew it was too little, too late
they just didn't want to leave it - let it just attack without apologising first

the air felt warmer and the darkness surrounded every house on every street as far as we could see
then the thunder started
it ripped through the sky, without a thought or a care
then the lightning
it was looking to scare every little face looking at it
it wanted us all to know that it would control us
then the rain threw itself onto all it could
crashing down on the houses the cars the streets
filling the roads with water
flooding the lot
just letting out this pain and anger and just ripping all we had
taking it all into darkness
roaring through the skies above


people would remember, they wouldn't dare forget
the day the sky was unhappy
the day those believed they had upset the heavens
but afterwards
the sun would shine
so bright and so warm
and all seemed calm once more
for we had learnt
we had witnessed and we would never forget..