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A Summer Storm


 


There's a force

    much bigger than us

In these thundering skies

And in the rain dancing on these thirsty leaves

Far beyond what I can see

    or feel against my skin

 There's a hush calling

    outside my reach

It wets my curiosity

    and suggests a hope in my soul

Just as the crow escapes the threatening sound

    and eagerly anticipates the worm

There's a far away place 

    where thunder recedes

    and in its place, a promise 

    of peace.


copyright Joni James 2026

    

An Inconvenient Truth

 



I fell in love with Earth today

Its highest peaks

And its lowest lands


Under the arctic cap

And far beneath our lives

She carries all our secrets

But never cries...


She softly spins

And moves us along

In her natural dance

With her powerful song


But, underneath her atmospheric veil

She harbors all its lies

Not telling all the mistakes we've made

While she silently dies.


Joni James