By same
Date: 7 July 1999

TWISTER

TWISTER 

The sky seemed calm, full of music, bright and blue; On fresh greenery
  and blossoms there lay jewels of glistening dew, as we awoke to a 
      melodious peaceful morn with nothing but harmonious love 
        tugging at our heartstrings, with no hint of trouble 
           anywhere to be seen or heard; nothing by which 
              we might be warned of the Hell that was
                  to rip away our love, devour us 
                   spin our lives out of control,
                     bringing gloom that was 
                        to make life
                           suck.
 Growling, springing upon us with sudden, thunderous ruin 
   Laying waste our arbor in which we two were cooing 
     like doves, thinking our love was warm and safe, 
       cuddling together, contemplating endless 
         happiness on that glistening sun-gold 
             morn fresh with hope, clean 
                as a gentle Spring 
                      shower
Whence, then, did snarling, angry hate come, touching down 
 on our hearts, causing them to splinter and break apart
   before the wild rage of an infernal monster, bent on 
      blackening our heaven, roaring down upon us 
              leaving destruction so sudden, 
                 so  bitter in its 
                    twisted 
                     wake? 
A twister made of our childish conceit and selfish anger 
that would blow us promptly to bits, leaving scattered 
   wreckage of mutual recrimination and regrets,
       Our faith in each other and the opposite 
           sex gone sour, involving our 
              families in suffering 
                 caused by our 
                  childish 
                   raging 
                     fits.
It all just went to show that the love which we thought had been solid and strong,based on mutual trust 
    Was laid on a shallow foundation, as defective as it was hollow.
      In the end, had our love been really lasting and true
        Our behavior might have more agreed 
          with what we said instead of
              crushing our hopes 
               beneath an outburst 
                of emotions and
                  a tempest 
                   of words