Asleep, laughter sub-sides <br />Awaiting rains <br />Now water continence’s face <br />And winds begin <br />Their scheduled fly-in <br />A storm release-d <br />From thunder’s <br />Ugly spitting <br />Each bit of anger <br />Speeding away <br />On zigged spears of love <br />Striking at its very breath <br />Deep within its place of hiding <br />Another new sky smiles <br />Arising again, <br />To dance <br />All day <br />In pearl-ie <br />Dress whites <br />Billowing spirits <br />Of goodness’s battles <br /> <br />(Mountaintop Cottage, Tennessee <br />~September 7,2006)<br /><br />Debora Short<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/new-sky-smiles-2/