it rained
all evening
washing
the grime
from the city
illuminated
by jagged
tongues of
lightning
as thunder cracks
a guttural roar

awash in the
images of
peripheral
calamities
spellbound by
the last cool
kiss before
a sweltering
summer graces
the bluebonnets

ethereal in
undulating
sorrows as
lavender
blossoms
light the
darkened cave
with an insidiously
insatiable humming
jacob’s ladder
of crackling
torturous refrain