High Winds

It was a dark and scary night... last night. Storms ripped through the city, leaving broken branches mostly. One area a bit north of here had something touch down. The ever-present precipitation predictors could not decide whether (weather??) it was a tornado or not. (Now there's blog-rant potential -- television weather types manufacturing news. But then, that is not in keeping with the new Fill-In-The-Number Days of Optimism. So, no going there!)

Back to the weather. The first time I visited Kansas City was nearly 15 years ago. Storms were raging that week as well. High winds, rain, twisters, flooding -- a spectacular display. But even that drama could not compare with being swept away by someone I met here. Life was never again the same. He still sweeps and the storm continues.


Tornado Time


Temperature plunging
High winds
Hail
You enter my life like
A fast moving storm
Whipping up all the dirt and debris
On this dry patch of ground
My heart