Here

here is the sun with raindrops

            glittering jittering

 

here is the wind thorough and boldly

            whipping innocent trees

 

here are clouds shapeshifting drifting

            leisurely hurried misting

 

here are sneaky sunrays peeking

            irrepressibly curious

 

here is the thundering of glorious gusts

            ominous foreboding fading

 

here are the eerie silences in between

            a calm not to be trusted

 

here is the change unpredictable

            from where I am sitting

 

here are the bolts of lucid lightening

            accentuated by rumbling

 

here are the human follies

            all the same

 

here are unknown possibilities lurking

            in perplexing open pauses

 

waiting for twists and turns, strange reversals

            and brave mercy to be known

 

here is the chaos of hail pounding the roof of our skulls

            flooding the double chambers echoing

                        with tragic stubborn pain

 

here are the tantalizing torrents releasing ancient

            eternal violence lodged in the heart

awaiting pure mercy….

this day

 

            impatient blossoms – impossible blue

 

Karina Epperlein, February 4, 2024