This is what I get for staying up late unable to sleep after a storm. Thank you muses.....
~Calm After the Storm~
Looking out at the dark sky
still clouded from the earlier storm,
I stand on the balcony
feeling the cool wind as it
swishes and dries my damp hair.
The wind chimes I have hanging up
ring softly in the light wind
bringing more peace to the earlier stormy night
with lightning flashing,
thunder booming,
and rain falling steady and heavy.
I close my eyes feeling the wind again
and the calmness it brings to me.
The sound of a car rolling across the pavement
has me open my eyes to see it rolling past;
headlights cutting through the darkened night.
Then the sound of my kitten behind me
at the screen door giving a soft whine
gets my attention.
“Hush little one,” I say.
“No you can't come out on the balcony.”
He gives another soft mew before turning away
to do whatever he does as a kitten.
I turn back to the dark skies once again
for another few moments
listening to the sounds of the night
and the wind chimes
before heading in to call it a night from the
calm after the storm.
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