LIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A STORM

The rain fell so hard today

that the earth felt like it might

wash away in one long flood of tears

but when the dark lifted

and the thunder drum gave up it’s final roll

the last word belonged to the light

for in the wake of the tempest trailed

a thousand fluid diamonds

clinging fragile to the earth

eternity suspended in a diamond-drop of light

they whisper the soft sealed song of everything

awakening a thirst too deep for words

a contentment like an ocean tempest calmed