A flash of lightning
A clap of thunder...

A crestfallen heart, a demons delight
Served up as the main course...

Pages torn from the book of lies
Betrayed by the haze of a sad child's eyes...

A storm doles out this dismal night
Rain drops drizzle down cobblestone course...

When I raze each hurt
Brought unsolicited before...

I have lingered in the shadows of deceit
Where the bonds of love and kindness never meet...

The dark of the night
Brings an arduous despair...

Brothers and sisters I had none
The start of father's passing had begun...

They pass on by
One maybe two...

As I lay
barely sleeping...

Florid light from
The heavens glistened down...

A new season arrives
Then makes way for the next...