Post by Robert Stephen Herrick on Apr 24, 2014 6:53:29 GMT -5
Tale of the Torrents of the Wind
By Robert Stephen Herrick
Seething sounds and racing rampaging strikes out
from the air and sky across the span of the earth
not containing even but one mind nor one path
as it swirls and rushes past carrying rain or snow
or simply its own dryness to spread fire in its wake.
The torrents of the wind fluctuate wildly from
soft breezes to walls of air bolting at high speeds
even as fast as thousands of race cars
even as a line or as a cyclone spinning
tearing up anything within its course.
Tumultously turning and terrorizing many
hurricane forces cover so many miles
with dangerous devices to spread fear
and houess can be lost and not even found again
as the shear buffetting breaks apart homes.
So many angles and changes may trap up
unprepared souls liable to be lost as the winds
can loosen up the roots of trees and may
play with broken branches like wicked children
tossing them in windows like vandals.
By Robert Stephen Herrick
Seething sounds and racing rampaging strikes out
from the air and sky across the span of the earth
not containing even but one mind nor one path
as it swirls and rushes past carrying rain or snow
or simply its own dryness to spread fire in its wake.
The torrents of the wind fluctuate wildly from
soft breezes to walls of air bolting at high speeds
even as fast as thousands of race cars
even as a line or as a cyclone spinning
tearing up anything within its course.
Tumultously turning and terrorizing many
hurricane forces cover so many miles
with dangerous devices to spread fear
and houess can be lost and not even found again
as the shear buffetting breaks apart homes.
So many angles and changes may trap up
unprepared souls liable to be lost as the winds
can loosen up the roots of trees and may
play with broken branches like wicked children
tossing them in windows like vandals.