Birthings in a Fearsome Place

Birthings in a Fearsome Place

Thunder's Rolling drum
Across the churning heavens,
Lightning’s mighty discharges
Flash across the waves,
Illuminating torment
Of a momentary vision
In portraiture of Hades,
A kaleidoscope of craze.

Hard rain horizontal
In howling gale of deluge
Revealed momentarily
In silver sheets of rain,
Writhing tongues of lightning
In jagged forks a-searching,
An instantaneous funeral
Through a million volts of pain.

Standing at the cliff edge
In the drenching after midnight
Fearful pulses racing
In the violence of the storm,
Spectator to the vastness
Of Devil’s work unleashed here
Spectator to a fearsome sky
Where the Gods of Wrath were born.*

Marshalg
Witnessing the most spectacular, violent lightning and thunderstorm immediately adjacent to my hilltop front door in Taranaki @ midnight..
Peter Otway

Independent Environmental Services Professional

3 年

Spectacular, leaving no doubt as to who's in charge on this planet - but where on earth was that? Looks like you were sitting on a mountain top. I thought you said you are convalescing, so get well - and stay well! Cheers Mate - Pete ??

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Marcus Brown

Project Accountant Waikato Expressway - Hamilton section

3 年

Had a few storms lately then?

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