a chill,
      a mutter,
             fret then gust,

angry,
      broody,
            pressing, swelling,

humidity

Bright flash.
      Streaks of white lightning.

Cymbals.
      Await a ringing crash.

Braced gasp, storm is tightening,
      shadows of furious titans clash.

Low rambling rumbles growl
      under dark shrouds, and

a bruised, black ocean
      casually churns.

Merciless thunder moans
      below murderous clouds;

old, heavy timbers turn.
Typhoon seething,

slipping its heavy chains,
Zeus swings a single, pointed spear,
      and
            splits

the skies
       showing his sullen strain;

a sudden deluge
       spreads the dismal dark

And then,
silence drops like some squealing brake;
great Eros rumbles, decrees the gods shall yield.
A clear, cold gleaming expands across the sea;
and a freezing express,

       leaves

            human breathing

                        stilled