Storm

Michelle Bailey
Grade 10
Roseau Community High School

Although it was warm by the fire

I trembled at the sounds

Of thunder, and the

Flashes of lightning

It looked like war out there

In the midnight dark

The lightning flashed again

Twisting the sky towards itself

Then leaving to scatter

Remnants of the sky back to their place

I reached up, to catch a piece

Of the midnight sky

But I was a fool to try

The dark piece danced away from me

And I sat back and cried

I must have dozed off, for soon

I could listen to the sounds of the birds

Smell the awakening of this place

The morning sun hit me in the face

As I struggled to open my eyes

I sat up

Took a deep breath-and yawned

Everything will be all right.