Saturday, August 31, 2024

After a Hurricane

 The air is strange,

after a hurricane

when the winds howl

fades to a whisper.

the air is heavy with mist and ghosts of raindrops

scattered after ricochetting off the ground

The world is strange after a hurricane,

the sun doesn't beam,

instead, she softly smiles

at every dewdrop

and kisses every iris

and everything is glimmering

And just like that,


the world is alright again.

Poem based on the voyager 1

  Voyager 1 Lost on a path, Set out before it, Calculated to precision, The Earth but a speck in the emptiness, The sun but a twinkle in the...