Flashes Through The Night Poem by Stan Rodriguez

Common-frights from stormy nights
passions ring by candle light
all is darkness with a flair
of white lightning-flashes through the air

comes the autumn's raining deep
puddles never make us weep
chills that clamber up the stairs

clicking clocks that witness there
midnight comes—we do not dare
leave our sides and go elsewhere

for thunder roars through the night
drums hit our ears with a painful bite.

when morning comes—we'll be alright
‘tis the storm that gives us fright

it's just another-other night.