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
Beautiful. And you’re absolutely right. We do forget…
Oh my goodness thank you for stopping by and reading.
T
Hauntingly beautiful. I am so glad everyone is alright. The fields will indeed rise again.
I am so honored that you liked it.
Thank you!
T
Visiting from Five Minute Friday.
Nice post – it reminds me of life, how the storms come and we forget everything else, but then after they pass, we eventually forget the storm.
I’ll have to go blog-snooping a bit, I see you like Guatemala, and I live there!
Oh I LOVE Guatemala.
The post before this has a pic of the volcano in guatemala city.
Funny I just came from your blog only to see you were at mine.
T.
What a beautiful post and images. I went through this same kind of fear when a massive tornado system came through Alabama and then on to Georgia a few weeks ago. It’s amazing how fear can take over one’s mind and change the nature of one’s thoughts completely. Visiting from 5-Minute-Friday!
Thanks for the compliment about the pics and post. You are sweet.
The south has definitely been hit hard this year.
T.
never forget mommy and daddy – think of a way to run home Jack run home!
you take good pictures.
I used to live in Nebraska, and every spring, I’d remember again. Now I’m in a place where tornados are rare, but watching the news, I remember again. I’ve been thinking about writing about the storms, but haven’t found the words. Good work.
And, thanks for such kind words and for visiting!
Blessings on blessings!