Outburst

The storm breaks

Festering and brewing under surfaces visibly seething and finally blown.

Words cracking and whipping across the room

And clouds bulge, thunder filled…

Crimson tongues lashing

Ears and hearts searing from sheets of ice raining down

Hurling one upon the other

Unrelenting, unforgiving again and again

No promise of clear skies

Vicious winds

Winding in more storm fronts

Then

A door slams

And calm

Not before the storm

But because of it.