We had a storm the other day 
that Nature decided should come our way 
with hail the size of tennis balls 
breaking things in the way of their fall 
we were outside when it began 
just me and the dogs walking the land 
and when that first chunk hit the ground 
we doubled our pace at the clunking sound 
and managed get back inside the RV 
before the hail started falling free 
it smashed into my little car 
breaking the glass both near and far 
the Jeep had a sliding glass roof 
and the hail needing proof 
that it was stronger than the glass could be 
broke it to pieces more than I could see 
and the windshield suffered the same fate 
with cracks all over although it did not break 
I wondered about the RV 
what damage that I could see 
anything glass like a vent on the roof 
with holes and no longer waterproof 
which Gary my friend patched with tape 
to keep out the rain and for safety’s sake 
I called James the Repair man to come out and see 
what the storm had done to me 
and all the others in the park 
work for him to leave his mark 
Nature is a powerful thing 
that we take for granted hoping she’ll bring 
sunshine and showers to make things grow 
and everything showing like ducks in a row 
and then she turns her anger to vent 
and continues on until she is spent 
and we the humans have no clue 
at whatever else she chooses to do. 
Written 05/15/2024