days and weeks and months flew by

grazing past my ear like a dodgeball in PE

the storm came quick but left just as quickly

the howling winds turned into silence

I didn’t know it would come

but i didn’t expect it to leave

it left a patch of destruction

one that we were left to mend

we paved the roads and fixed the houses

as the storm proceeded to the next town

it’s no longer with me, so whoever meets it next:

good luck.