Roaring in the Woods

 Wind is up today;
Suddenly chimes clang alarm;
Then it all dies down.

Tree limbs sway gently--
There's an invisible force
That keeps on building.

 

Roaring in the woods;
Small birds hop from branch to branch;
Dark clouds fill the sky.
 

 

 

 Ripples in the stream;
Leaves scurry across the road,
Servants to the wind.

Clicking of branches--
Sharp castanets in the woods.
A cold biting wind.

The blank wooden sign--
Winter has erased its words
So that it stands mute.

Windows through windows--
Portals to another world
Barely out of reach.

The old rocking chair
Sits next to the wood dresser,
Outside and useless.