Onset of gray skies
Looks like rain today
My child just sighs
Pulls toys out for play

A whistle of wind
Then a bright flash of light
It’s starting, I think
Hope it’s done by tonight

My windows I close
But I leave cracked the door
I love the air’s scent
Before a downpour

Soon rain begins
Unrelenting and thick
Along with hail's chatter
Like a clock’s slow tick.

A huge clap of thunder
Rolls past my house
With companions of lightning
And wind all about

The storm raged for hours
As clouds changed to white
And again back to dark
One more show of might

And then it was over
Limbs strewn, all was wet
I opened my windows
And took in the scent

Of a clear, green land
Robust and well fed
Washed back to a virgin
Ready to be had.