Ominous clouds
sent the sun into hiding
Making the day
seem like night.
Out of the sky
flashes descended
Lighting up
the earth.
Amidst heavenly claps,
trees bowed in reverence.
Rent, celestial curtains
let out long needles.
All that was laid bare stung,
To quench the thirst of mother earth.
Chukumeka Akpe
January 2004©
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Nice and concise write; well done.