WHEN AND HOW THE THUNDER ROLLS

 WHEN AND HOW THE THUNDER ROLLS

I long to shimmer like dawn,

To stand bold against the squall,

If I ruled these sprawling streets,

I’d bend their chaos to my call.  

If my spirit shook off fear,

I’d unleash the words I hoard,

Let them echo through the ether,

A truth the earth could not ignore.  

With these trembling hands, I’d grasp

The shadows coiled deep within,

Shape them, twist them into light,

A freedom I’d unpin.  

I crave a storm to bruise the heavens,

To shatter the dams I’ve built,

To rewrite the doubts that bind me,

To rinse away the guilt.

I need the tears to flood my vision,

To weep until time unwinds.  

I yearn to summon the tempest’s roar,

Forge a soil reborn and raw,

Let the deluge crash,

Let the deluge scream,

Carve a land without a flaw,

Unleash the torrent tonight.  

Dread clings like damp earth,

Safe against my chest it lies,

Yet a voice inside me thunders,

Release me, break these ties.  

I’ve always sensed a vastness,

Beyond the tide that drags me down,

More than this sinking shell I’ve worn,

I need the storm to prove me sound.  

I crave a storm to bruise the heavens,

To shatter the dams I’ve built,

To rewrite the doubts that bind me,

To rinse away the guilt.

I need the tears to flood my vision,

To weep until time unwinds.  

I yearn to summon the tempest’s roar,

Forge a soil reborn and raw,

Let the deluge crash,

Let the deluge scream,

Carve a land without a flaw,

Unleash the torrent—

I yearn to summon the tempest’s roar,

Forge a soil reborn and raw,

Let the deluge crash,

Let the deluge scream,

Carve a land without a flaw,

Unleash the torrent—

I yearn to summon the tempest’s roar,

Forge a soil reborn and raw,

Let the deluge crash,

Let the deluge scream,

Carve a land without a flaw,

Unleash the torrent tonight.