Flash Flood Warnings

Before the Rainbow

Darkness lay thick on the world
Unmoved by roaring engine or howling wind
The atmosphere thick with impending rain
Every breath wetter
Drops coagulate in midair and smatter
Between straining eyes adn invisible road
The heavens heave a heavy sigh
Regardless of mere mortals being
Buffeted about on the pavement below
Blinding luminescence rends the sky
Tearing the blackness
Outlining the world in stark contrast
As to hurt the eyes
Snaking bolts of light crawl across the sky
Eating the darkness before
Being swallowed again by blackness
Incessent light and dark confuse
Playing games with memory and vision
Red lights lead out of stormy nightmare