Photo & Poem: Weather Change

Hail blown sideways by the wind, dark clouds

churning across the horizon, as the horses

brace against the stinging ice pellets, their

noses tucked tight to their chests, running

for shelter. A stark reminder on this hot

summer day, torn leaves stripped to the

ground, intermingled with ice, standing

water everywhere, that seasons so long

awaited are shifting already. That all that

is worthy of love will pass from our grip.

Just as the dark clouds break to a faded light

beyond the edge of view, pale baby-colored

clouds sweeten the sky, the air scrubbed clean.

The whiplash give-and-take of nature deftly

abraded the paint on the barn and my battered

resistance softened to the color of a bruised sky.

…

Anna Blake for Relaxed & Forward 

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