Last night, severe thunderstorm struck our city, powerless & cold.
Grace @ Everyday Amazing
drop drop drop drop
drip drip drip drip
wires dis-connect-ed, power waver-ed & still-ed,
wind-whipped, lights falter-ed & b-linked blank-
candles flicker-red as machines shut down, black
screen everywhere as water drums-beats-crashes-
rises-like the sea, sweeping trains & cars-off-roads-
tick tick tick tick
tock tock tick tock
back to basics: books & paper & cardless-
strangers & neighbors exchange kindness: car rides,
(cold) pizza boxes for dinner, buckets to scoop water
from overflowed basements, words face-to-face-
where once blurry & dis-tant, are now Up/close&personal-
Posted for D'verse Poets Pub - OpenLinkNight ~ I'm home now as power in our Toronto Office hasn't resumed yet. Thanks for the visit ~
