The Darkness...

pushed its way across the sky.  The sun still shined but in the distance, the curtains of rain were visible.

The lightning split the sky as I drove through a whirlwind of summer-dead leaves.  The car rocked, resisting the wind force, as I drove closer to the storm.

The darkness deepened, the winds strengthened, as I entered the power of the storm.  I passed farmers, desperately, hopefully, fruitlessly, trying to bale the hay before the rains arrived.  I knew they had lost the race, when the rain pelleted my windshield, joining the wind.

As the rains fell, I imagined the dry ground welcoming the renewal as the grass sighed.