The Straight Wind

Black clouds

erased the sky

as the straight wind

blew like

a rumble

from the west

and the poles

fell and power

snapped

with lines

jumbled

like snakes

in a pit

and days went

dark

like an end-time

scene

and silence

reigned

for many nights

till power returned

and the trees

were lit

like small candles

burning bright,

crackles through

the night.