Billowing clouds snuff sun’s last flare;
Day breeze yields to twilight’s fury
Trees shake and swirling leaves fly,
Rain driving, pouring hard and cold.
Towns and farms bolt gates and doors
As children whimper, grownups shudder.
Heralded by heaven’s light, thunder’s crash,
Doc Time is called to dutiful round.
Harbinger of destiny, he practices his craft
On cobblestones made of bone and sweets.
Cries rise more piercing than the wolf’s,
Joy more exultant than a heavenly choir.
Old Aaron parted around midnight;
Reminiscence was born at quarter past.
© 2024, Kenneth Koziol. All rights reserved.
