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Storm Bringer
by Chris Sorrenti
there’s a storm a comin’
like you’ve never seen
better learn to fly high child
better learn to swim deep
how well you know
the light in the darkness
darkness in the day
all this talk of fire and flood
more than gossip and hearsay
ends joined together
as previously unimagined
that invisible knot tied
across the universe
explanations conveyed
through proper diplomatic channels
the code words
long since placed in every ocean
on every planet in every system
in case you should be passing by
differences despite despites
some glaringly simple
others shouting in their complexity
well I’m not so sure
as our spiritual bloodlines
mixing ever mixing
in a neo primordial soup
and so how does it feel
to soar so confidently
in the sea of words?
my fellow amoeba
sometimes ahead of me
other times behind
but always together
for now
enjoy the dry season
no matter if it lasts
lost are the jitters
of an occasional cruise on the surface
as all too well you know
come tomorrow
this masterpiece of madness
you won’t recognize
storm bringer
stirring such sweet hurricanes in me
you dancer of paradigm
so gracefully
to that romantic stretch of time
that causes even galaxies
to tremble in their infinity
yes child
from humble beginnings
mighty things do come
like the breadcrumbs
in Hansel and Gretel
you leave fractions of yourself
at every evolutionary junction
yesterday’s adventures
in the poetry system
daring you
to playfully tweak the peripherals
of this spider’s world wide web
for a preview of the new technology
a well placed mess kept ever tidy
for all things within
without me
especially you especially you
and so tell me
what shall we two be?
this time round
we shape shifting aliens
that need no full moon to howl
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yes
there’s a storm a comin’
like you’ve never seen
better learn to fly high child
better learn to swim deep
batten down those empty pages
as so often you have
and someday in a future legend
the disciples will say
she was the light in his darkness
the darkness in his day
© 2005
Revised © 2018
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09/02/2010 Posted on 09/02/2010
Copyright © 2025 Chris Sorrenti
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 09/02/10 at 06:40 PM Wow, Chris....really like this. And, "she was the light in his darkness/the darkness in his day"...is so apt, super closer for this poem. Joni Mitchell once sang, "laughing and crying, you know it's the same release"....Delighted. Thanks.
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| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 09/03/10 at 12:23 AM ...chris, this is awe-inspriring; were you sitting down when you wrote this? i am more than envious of your skill in crafting this one puppy...my lauds, m'good man. |
| Posted by Charles E Minshall on 09/03/10 at 03:11 AM You did great on this one Chris....CharMin |
| Posted by Glenn Currier on 09/08/10 at 06:19 PM I love the movement in this poem, the trope of the storm without, within, and between. My favorite stanza the one with: "you dancer of paradigm." You are some kind of meterologist, my friend. Thanks for this great poem. |
| Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 10/12/10 at 08:46 PM A mixture of metaphysics and that special kind of romance which really makes two one! |
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