Quartz Skies

The gusting winds with primal raw scream

Had us cowering all night as though a wicked dream

Gunmetal gray of the skies, and fragmented livid cloud

Descended on us like a sepulchral shroud

Midnight howls echoed through the city

The impact of the typhoon hit us with a ferocity!

Rain danced in the streets and whooshed a lot

Uprooting long standing trees to remove the rot

Unleashing a fury, the debris was a ravaging sight

Any mortal heart would flinch with fright!

Pulsing of neon webs in majestic rhythm

Booming thunder across a graphite canvas in tandem

The asphalt was a rain-washed charcoal sheen

The swirl of the cleansing rain was relentless and mean

From the dappled quartz mottled empyrean

Cracked ripples of powder blue from silver-fade ashen

Warmth of the sun glow was stoic with primrose hue

Streaked with tangerine and golden welcoming and true

Brilliance of a prismatic tiara was gifted to us

The raindrops on leaves shimmering like benevolent hearts

Sangeetha Kamath