Raining in the Dark
Outside is muddy
where I hear thunder,
I see the lightning
going flash, flash, flash!
So many commotions
in one big big sleep,
it’s so loud
I can’t hear a peep.
Feeling content yet excited
boom, boom, boom,
one strike, two,
how about I say
goodbye to you,
that way the sky
can be back to blue.
by Ruby Leitner, age 8
***
The Texas Storm
Outside my window
the trees took a shower
and danced in the powerful wind.
Lightning strikes
lit up the dark night
and all this commotion
woke me from my sleepy sleep.
I saw the lightning
with my eyes closed,
and I heard the thunder
boom, boom, boom
without even trying.
Then the storm
left me behind
without saying goodbye
as I fell back to sleep.
-by Popi, age 64
Poem Writing Collaboration, May 2022
Providence Village, Texas
Van Niddy Press
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