Is It The Wind? (A Poem)

The warm sun and

Gentle rain

Spend so much time

Caring for the earth -

The grass, the plants, the flowers.

I wonder if

Tornadoes offend them,

Sun and Rain.

I wonder if,

After all that time

After all that care…

In their eternal dance

The sun, the rain,

The sun, the rain,

Do they feel resentful

Of the Tornado?

So quickly,

So unthinkingly,

Their careful work

Destroyed.

Undone in a moment.

Oh! The grass, the plants,

The colorful little flowers

Blooming just so.

Oh! Precious earth

Thrown about into sudden disorder.

I also wonder if, maybe, just a little,

Although Sun could not do

Without her dance partner

Although Sun has

Destructive power of her own

I wonder if she,

Perhaps,

Just a little,

Just sometimes,

Blames the rain.