November 13, 2013

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 A funnel cloud, bewitching yet foreboding,

Took its form in the center of a faultless town,

Almost as if it were waiting to show the townspeople its true force.


Every line is down; the power is out.

Childhood memories of adolescent slumber parties, sweet sixteen’s and first cars, clumsy kisses,

All destroyed.

A small girl treks through the streets of rubble, aimlessly searching for what she’s lost

Due to the detrimental cyclone that lasted a mere 14 minutes.


We lost everything – superfluous objects.

We gained everything – fellowship.

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