Another Storm Poem by Barry Middleton

another storm is coming
but this is only wind and rain
I hear the thunder drumming
not bombs outside my windowpane

the lightning fires the sky
although with luck the storm will pass
and yet I hear a cry
where soldiers lie like broken glass

a widow grieves today
but grief will bring no consolation
as thunder in the gray
salutes a dying generation

the rain begins to fall
but can't absolve a violent world
I pray for peace withal
as tears fall from an orphaned girl