An unseen hand today tipped the precarious
lid of the sky leaving it wavering between
the spring sun and a tidal wave of rain events
spilling over the sky's rim to time and again
inundate the landscape below in bellowing
thunder and flashes of light darkening the
atmosphere while above the sun briefly retook
its throne, sunlight glancing brightly off rain
lacquered foliage, the day engulfed in a heavenly
contest between nature's two elemental aristocrats.
In the garden clematis tendrils trembled on its trellis
and newly blooming roses regretted their haste
while heavy peony blossoms, humbled by the sheer
weight of rain bowed to the stormy elements.
Tender young annuals, drenched of spirit and colour
blanched, leaned into one another as imperious
rain spouted in violent sheets engulfing the melting
garden soil while lashing foliage from the trees above
in a performance of relentless dominion driven by
the tempestuous urge to express nature's mood.
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