True Romance, Love

Distant Thunder

A poem written when I finally came into the light, beyond the pain…

Original artwork created with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, by the poet

Distant thunder brings the promise of rain,
Wild wind tears through the air again,
Whispers of the past on harsh winds blow,
Thunder rumbles where the future will go.

Roaring thunder shatters the night,
The sky is rent by violent light,
In each drop of rain broken dreams fall,
And shatter on the ground of a new dream’s call.

Distant thunder fades with the dawn,
Gentle winds murmur of the storm that has gone,
Souls sing out for the love come home,
Heart embraces heart never more to roam.

© c.1995, by D. Denise Dianaty — For my husband
Previously published on WritersCafe.org

This one was actually published in the New Anthology of American Poetry, back in the mid-1990s. The poem was my first Valentine’s Day gift to my husband. It also appears in my book of poetry, found on Amazon. My Life In Poetry — An ebook of original poems, much of which is autobiographical (though some are fictionalized or…