scary sky games

(writing prompt is the elements; fire, rain, storms..)

"I've seen fire and I've seen rain, I've seen sunny days

that I thought would never end..." 

--james taylor

out on the prairie

the world seems so much

bigger 

the little irritations 

so much smaller

standing on a gravel road 

i can see forever this way

and that 

the sky comes down to kiss

the land

i am sheltered, covered by

the dome of the sky 

sometimes blue with white 

decor 

sometimes overpowering

i can smell the rain before 

it comes

freshness on the wind

dampness, quenching 

a slight breeze can speed 

up into a gale, powerful enough

to knock me over

the trees wave to me to take cover

the air gets darker and heavy

instead of running people come out

on their porches to watch 

the sky do its dance 

there is power, unsolicited anger 

threatening, filling the whole canvas

above 

and i feel the solidity of the earth 

under my feet 

the ground vibrates

as thunder surrounds 

water drenching the earth in 

sudden release 

colors darken and lighten 

sirens scream across the roar 

go back inside you fools

we huddle in the bathroom

listening for the fatal train 

coming to shred our dwellings 

that are no match to the 

power 

so much noise, beating 

like god dumped all of his baseballs

on the roof 

just for fun 

then 

silence 

outside rivers run through 

the streets, people crawl out of

their homes to inspect 

see how lucky they were 

when other's didn't fare so well 

cars drive past surveying 

seeing what chaos the skies left 

roofs and houses shell-shocked 

time to call State Farm 

clouds disperse, giggling 

i imagine 

revealing the blue behind the black

the air silent, still fresh, still heavy 

with damp 

the sky demons go off 

to play their scary games 

somewhere else