Dark Days

​Dark skies rising
encompassing the small towns
cities enveloped
by dark clouds
Then the rain
comes down like
bullets
Cars flooded in
urban lakes
Drivers blinded by
tidal waves descending
 
In a crowded room
an alarm goes off
Everyone thinks
FIRE
phones jangling
all at once
warning of tornados
and floods
and heavy hurricanelike
storms
 
They laugh
Not here
they think
The meeting
commences and throughout
those by the windows
keep peering out
at the storm
that clatters and crashes
against windows
and doors
 
The worst storm
in 100 years
says the weather channel
Newscasters soaked
from the head to their toes
as they showcase
worlds devoured in rain
cars floating like boats
windows smashed in
people on roofs
waiting to be saved
 
It’s like the scene
from a disaster movie
The objects
of destruction
real-life natural mischief