Forgetful Friday

The Tv screen glows a green map with an angry red and orange mass clawing its way over the countylines and towns. I nurse the baby to sleep as I fret about the trees falling on my home and the damaging hail. I forget about the shows I had wanted to watch and I stayed glued to the news report. I look out the window and see the sky; a giant green and yellow bruise….

I forget the trees are walnut and strong.
I forget that nature has seen storms like this before and is fine.
I forget the difference between a tornado warning and tornado watch.
and then….

I forget the storm all together as the trees are still and the baby fusses, her stuffy nose keeping her from a sound sleep.
I forget as the sky quiets and fades to black.
I forget as my dreams are filled with visions that need interpretting.
and I wake to a beautiful world……

I had forgotten how after the storm the world looks so at peace.

I forget that even after the hail and the wind and the driving rain; the field rises back up…each strand of grass kissed by the son begins to rise back up after the storm.
I had forgotten all of this.

5 mins to write…20 mins to do pics…is that breaking the rules…I forget.
Thanks Gypsymama for a fun 5 minFriday.
T