The Storm
By Gene Aronowitz
A certain slant of light
appeared one winter afternoon.1 –
producing momentary melancholy,
then alarm, when the flanking
line2 darkened the blue –
then devastation as
downbursts3 descended.
Drenched,
I was flooded
with loathing toward everyone,
even You, but
changeable love is not love.
Oh no, love is fixed and
never shaken.4
I stepped back,
shaken, became
silent and reflective –
silent and
reflective. The storm subsided,
as always,
as I beheld
the grandeur
of Your light.
1 From “There's a Certain Slant of Light” by Emily Dickinson
2 Flanking line. A line of cumulus clouds which are usually found on the southwest side of a storm and has a roughly stair appearance. It is most frequently associated with strong or severe thunderstorms.
3 Downburst. A sudden rush of cool air toward the ground that can impact with speeds greater than 70 miles per hour and produce damage similar to that of a tornado.
4 From Sonnet 116: “Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds” by William Shakespeare
