With spasms and flickers the power failed at dusk
All whirrings and buzzings sputtered into silence
While rain clawed at the windows, demanding admittance
A battle-lantern centered a puddle of light
My little doggie shivered in my lap
Through flaring lightning and seismic thunder-blasts
Wanting to disappear into my arms
Wanting a world free of thunderstorms
A world free of storms – in the darkness I muse -
That’s my hope too when I read the news