The second edition of crap poems is here with a subject that was keeping me awake all night yesterday.
I hate thunder and love lightning ⚡️, so last nights storm had a negative and fearful effect, as usual.
Sometimes even when you close your eyes the lightning penetrates the blackout blind and wakes up the room for a split second. Within less than a another second there was a crack and clap that was so hard it scared the shit out of me.
‘Very very frightening’ is dedicated to that time spent trying to ignore the fear, noise and strobe lights.
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Very very frightening
Was that?
What time?
Fuck off
Weathers crime
Strobe, flare, bang, scare
I want to draw not fry
Crackle, smack, flash, whack
I want to scream and cry
But it won’t stop
The rain bashes down
And it won’t help
With my overused frown
Extreme sparkles?
Can I reframe them?
Weather based glitter
Or the sparkliest bright gem
But I still panic
It makes me freeze
The booms get louder
My fists start to squeeze
Closer and closer
Brighter and brighter
Louder and louder
Muscles get tighter
If it hits the roof
So will he
Please please can it end
Mother Nature hears my plea
Lighter and lighter
Slower and slower
The glitter gets dull
And the noise gets lower
Who else is awake?
Who else is looking?
Who else is wishing
for a holiday booking?
White flashes turn blue
And the sun begins rising
My nightmare of nights
Is finally demising
Head on the pillow
Think of a dream
In 2 hours you’ll wake
To a loud baby scream
A few notes…
I was awake at 4am feeling distraught about the weather. The storm rolled around our house like an evil giant dinosaur with its pearly whites flashing at every smile.
I hate it, but I also had a strong urge to ignore the fear and remember it’s just weather. I have a young daughter and if she’s scared too, what help would I be to her as a crying, quivering wreck?
So I wrote a crap poem about it, this time using rhyme because I loved some of the words. Despite the rhymes there is still use of dual-meaning words and grammar that’s bad but deliberately thought out.
I hope you like it!
Creative Steph 