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Like a Piano

it is a very hot
and humid day

but the wind
is lovely when

it finds me

when it jumps
past me I watch

it tease the trees
and play the grass

like a piano

the ground was like a
wet sponge when the night rain fell
but no more today

the hot day is teased
by a cool early evening
breeze announcing rain

still more rain with winds
that can make trash cans topple
mailboxes cower

rain again with a
cooler wind and dive bombing
flies on the attack

after another
full day of rain the sun peeks
but fades into night

after the storms came
the worms and after the worms
came shovel and broom

a light rain in the
late afternoon cools the air
God’s peace fills the air

Darkness descended midmorning
with a major storm hanging in
the air.

Distant thunder is no longer
distant squeezing us from
all sides.

Well call me Noah!

It is a torrential downpour
with no end in sight. I must
turn on a light in here.

I got a severe thunderstorm
watch then a flash flood warning
and a special weather statement.

My phone is ringing off the hook!
Well, dinging like crazy. I know.
Phones don’t do that anymore.

I always wanted to say that;
because my phone didn’t ring
then and rarely rings now.

You try not to worry but these
are the things you worry about
with loved ones on the road.

My wife drove her sister for a
scheduled surgery before this
storm hit.

Her drive back will be a tough
one. It goes without saying but
it is out of my hands.

Storms like this are subtle red
flags to remind us that we are
not in control. God is.

It just happens that way and
there is nothing one can
do about it.

Well there is one thing. Prayer.
Pray to God for their safety.
And pray some more.

the wind pushes the
clouds past while each tree hears
a different tune