It's Still Life

A Climate Storm

yes,
the darkened sky
drained into a rising drift,
it breached the banks
and boundaries.
a hellish grasp
of mud
and strangled root
downed trees like
loosened teeth.

for FOWC: Storm ©Misky 2022 Shared with #amwriting on Twitter and #fowc. Just in time for COP27, the stream at the bottom of our hill burst its banks this morning. Luckily, we’re on high ground. Many around here are not.