Calm Before the Storm

Calm

Calm comes when there is no wind

Grand Lake of the Cherokees

  No sense of impending doom

Calm dances in hues

  Of violets and blues

Calm radiates when petals

  Turn skywards

Calm floats on the horizon

  Like a flock of geese flying towards sunset

Calm softens the heart

  And refreshes the mind

Calm days are few

Whammy

Whammy comes when spring rains RoAR through

Sirens ring and people scream

Joplin, Mo. tornado 2012

Whammy crACKs the silence slashing the clouds

Thunder booms and nature hides

Whammy ROLLS across the prairie 

Winds swirl whipping twisting trees

Whammy BATTERS and BRUISES the lands

Boiling clouds expel cold rains

And Calm is stricken with FEAR.