ONE "MOORE" TORNADO

one of my best childhood friends

moved into my neighborhood

from oklahoma.

i still rememeber the words

used to describe the phenomenon

TORNADO

green, purple, gray, dark sky

warning sirens

dead still silence

just before the chaos

a sound simailar to that

 of  a loud train rushing through 

forcibly producing devastation and destruction

then the calm of the ferocious storm

passed...

leaving behind it's signature

that was the beginning 

of the dreams and the nightmares

the beauty and the ugliness

the fascination and the fear

with TORNADO

the news declared

TORNADOS in texas

five, maybe six
TORNADOS

then one "MOORE" in oklahoma... 

may 20, 2013

TORNADO alley, now in full force

this one,

the worst of it's kind

*F5 

described by the fujita scale

incredible TORNADO

winds 216-318 mph

strong frame houses lifted off foundation

and carried considerable distances to disintegrate;

autmobile sized missles fly through the air in excess of 100 meters

trees debarked

steel reinforced concrete structures badly damaged

*www.tornadoproject.com/fscale/fscale.htm

and yet

interestingly enough

the spirit of america

really shines through

the american pride

that says UNITED we stand !

that beckons how can we help ?

and mourns with those that suffer...

google images of submitted news photos

 as i have tracked spring in my own yard

as i have closed my door to the clutter of creating

i realize

the minimal job that lies before me

it is nothing in comparison

i am feeling humbled

i   

and pray

and then

i

SOME "MOORE"