The air, sultry, full of menace Thunder heads forming over the distant hills The animals, birds silent. Gone to places known only to them They know what's coming A rabbit a bird they can sense such things Soon nature is going to reveal her pent up power Unleash red electric blue bolts to rip the sky asunder Then, then the very air will reverberate to the crushing sound of thunder Dogs will cringe and humans wince then at natures electric orchestra At music they do not comprehend Some will pray to unknown Gods believing now their lives will end Comes now the first drops of what will become A deluge of icy rain For some that is a blessing as it falls on barren plains Now the power of nature for all to see So powerfully revealed Yes, some may die but many will be healed Thus is the balance of nature The weak and old must die Life is like the ocean and The ebb and flow of tide
A storm has been building for some hours now and the thunder heads are forming over the southern hills. Between me and it the rip stop nylon of my tent