I love late afternoon thunderstorms.
\nEspecially in the Alabama summer.
\nIt’s a nice relief after the sun blanketed hot day.
\nMid-day or morning storms just lead to muggy and miserable days.
\nA vacation-esque evening begins once the sun has began to descend and the clouds roll in.
\nEach thunder roll shakes the insides as the rain plays the soundtrack.
\nAll of this
\nseems to be intensified
\nsitting behind the brick walls
\nand huge glass windows
\nof a historic mill.<\/p>\n
Looking through the wavy glass panes I wonder how many people sat here before me
\nduring a repeated session with the sky.
\nWas it a cold, icy rain with harsh taps against the building?
\nOr did each drop of rain quickly evaporate on the arid Alabama soil?
\nWas the rain and thunder and flashes of electricity wanted,
\nor feared?
\nWhat did the rain land on?
\nCotton?
\nSoil?
\nPerhaps pavement?<\/p>\n
Of course I don’t have the camera with me
\nso I’ll have to do what I did before my digital days
\nand recap this event
\nwith letters.
\nThe sky is a wonderful, peaceful shade of light blue
\nwith a darker hue shading the background.
\nQuick blinks of white illuminate the green of the grass to an almost neon shade,
\nbut just as quickly returning to the saturated green
\nwith each tear from the sky.
\nThe rain hits sporadically along the metals roofs that line the building.
\nI try to sway along
\nwith the rhythm
\nof mother nature,
\nbut she’s off beat sometimes.
\nThen again, she always seems to create
\nher own unique melody
\neach day.
\nNonetheless it makes for a soothing sound.<\/p>\n
Glancing down I can see rust streaks
\nfrom the previous years’ moisture
\ncoming in contact with the shiny, pristine metal.
\nThe reds and oranges blend together to create
\neven the most unique brown.
\nThe air is thick inside,
\nbut only until a gust brings relief
\nto the sweat beads
\ngathered around the hairline.<\/p>\n
All these great sensations don’t last long enough.
\nThe heat traps the rain from falling and forces it out as a haze,
\nwhile the breeze backs away to emphasize the loss of refreshment.
\nThe sky’s belches slowly get quieter
\nas if it has finally digested the storm,
\nand moved on.
\nThe quick flashes of light that seem to come straight out of a wizard’s wand
\nno longer play peek-a-boo
\nwith dark corners. <\/p>\n
The earth loses that silent feeling and begins to rotate again.
\nIt always seems
\nto
\ngo
\nfaster
\nwhen it starts up.<\/p>\n
My wrist has been twitching for three days now. What does that mean?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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