Closet...April 17th-18th

Closet...April 17th-18th

By Maureen Ucles

11:30 pm

April 17th

Booming, crashing

Thunder

Invades my house

Cats run

I follow

to the closet

Shelter in place

In the closet

no where to lounge

carpet filings

all around

In the closet

not great air

musty

dusty

I don't care

shelter in place

lights flicker

on and off

Coast is clear

No more pelting

do I hear

decent rain

no lightning near

sandman reigns

in my ear

Time to sleep!

3:15 am

awoken with rumblings

April 18th

Winds wailing

Outside it's falling

ice from the sky

pelting the roof 

and windows

like popcorn with 

a megahorn

the sky is falling

chicken little

am I

scrurrying

to the closet

In the closet 

once again

blankets, pillows

cell phone in hand

lights flicker

then darkness

total darkness

wind whistles

ALERT 

my phone

Tornado Warning!

Take shelter immediately

interior room or closet

That's me

in my closet

waiting

wondering

counting the minutes

3:45 

Tornado expired

walk out to hear

heavy rain

no pelting

when will it stop?

electricity's back

Channel 13 Doppler

RED! RED! RED!

White! White! White!

When will it end?

Open front door

waters a rising

sidewalk disappears

Stop! Stop! Stop!

Raining!

Beads in hand!

Prayers up to heaven!

No more rain!

4:45 calming

no more red or white

yellow is so nice!

No more closet!

6:00 am

sleep calls again