
There was wind in the night,
in the attic, the chimney,
rattling the house and battering the roof tiles.
We check the leaks and hope for calm.
We are slipping into the dark again,
the water world, the shadow world,
no sky, no moon, no stars to see,
just the charcoal world of gathering cloud.
Folded in crow’s wings,
bare sticks of waiting trees
and the cold stealth of rain,
we are whip-lashed.
The ticking stove keeps the ghosts at bay,
the silence of wet meadows,
the hunger of fragile bones,
and beyond, a whole world watches.
Ears twitch and noses,
hedge drips as they wait
for our presence to fade,
and for our light to dim.
I hope it’s not too bad, especially the leaks.
It’s a little warmer here today, and the morning was nice, but now it’s raining here, too. It’s going to get very cold again here on Tuesday.
No, it’s not bad now. The wind’s stopped though it’s still raining. Only a bit of water got in thank goodness.
Cold here from Wednesday!
I’m glad it wasn’t too bad. 😀
We can take it 🙂
no leaks here, but it got cold and gray fast this afternoon after a warm sunny morning…
I don’t know what to wish for. Rain and mild temperatures or sunny and cold. On the menu for later in the week.
Folded in crows wings…this winter feels just like that. I’m hoping never to live with leaks again…(k)
The weather seems to have an ominous side to it lately, does it know something we don’t?
I wondered that, but looking at my diary, last year was exactly the same here. We’re due for a flood any day now, and if the rain keeps up, we’ll get it!
Fingers crossed that it won’t…
Maybe not. The rain’s stopped.