Distant Thunder

A poem written when I finally came into the light, beyond the pain… This one was actually published in the New Anthology of American Poetry, back in the 90s.

Distant thunder brings the promise of rain,

Wild wind tears through the air again,

Whispers of the past on harsh winds blow,

Thunder rumbles where the future will go.

Roaring thunder shatters the night,

The sky is rent by violent light,

In each drop of rain broken dreams fall,

And shatter on the ground of a new dream's call.

Distant thunder fades with the dawn,

Gentle winds murmur of the storm that has gone,

Souls sing out for the love come home,

Heart embraces heart never more to roam.

For my husband

by D. Denise Dianaty

Reviews

[Moonie]

I love the rhymes and your word choice. Thunder and lightening come and go, love stays. :) My favourite lines would be
"Wild wind tears through the air again,

Whispers of the past on harsh winds blow" --I know this is not the heart of the piece, but it sits nicely on the tongue.. :)

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you. It's the story of my husband and I.

[Lyn Anderson]

This is well done, simple, romantic, and very heart felt.

[MomzillaNC]

Thanks. This was my first ever published piece.

[TheLostMind]

You have left me speechless. This one is very elegant and unbelievably beautiful. I loved the way you linked thunder, lightning, dreams and future - pleasantly ingenious. My favorite lines : In each drop of rain broken dreams fall,
And shatter on the ground of a new dream's call.

The way you have written it is amazing. . Quite picturesque :)

[MomzillaNC]

Thanks so much!

[Matching Socks]

This is beautiful Momzilla. Slightly envious of you, to have love so true.
May it always be so, but I've doubt it will be, you know. :)

[MomzillaNC]

I have NO doubts. I wish you could know the same kind of devotion and loyalty. Thanks.

[Matching Socks]

Loyalty and devotion, gosh... My heart is melting. :)

[MomzillaNC]

There are such men in the world. I promise.

[therisa]

The last stanza, for me, which gives this poem, the emotional punch to the heart. Giving birth to hope and a future renewed, with love and a place of belonging. Thank you, Momzilla, for sharing this poem, with us.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you for searching my work to find this one buried so deep in my archive.

[therisa]

Your welcome, Momzilla. Often thar gold buried there, if you're willing to search.

[MomzillaNC]

Some of the most precious things on earth have to be dug up! :D

[therisa]

So very true.

[Tate Morgan]

beautiful; well put together short and sweet as i always like them rhyme an d meter can say more in a few quatrains than a full page of prose

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you. I've always wanted to set this one to music. If I ever get a piano in my home, I might try to peck out a tune for it. Or, if my boy gets really good at guitar (he's taking lessons), maybe he'll set my words to music. He's already learning a piece of music I composed during my brief stint in music school (It was an unnamed piece that my son dubbed, "Her Sadness."

When he was a baby, it would make him cry. We were on a road trip once, and I was trying to get him to go to sleep. He kept playing and giggling and clapping. I'd run out of songs. I started singing that one.

Oh my! His little laughing face just crumbled, and he started sobbing. He was inconsolable! He did go to sleep after that.

Later, if I started humming it, he'd run off to my husband and tell him, "Mama is singing her sadness again."

[Tate Morgan]

i do not know how to add works we do ourselves but you can use soundcloud

[MomzillaNC]

Thanks. I'll remember that. I have some old-school guitar buddies I hope will set "A Soldier's Hell" to music for me, which I'd then like to post with the poem.

[Dark Heart of Winter]

i could see this one as a song :D

[MomzillaNC]

Thanks. I did try a few times to set it to music. It did rather trip out of my lyrically. But, I could never find the right pattern of notes to suit it. I'm better at setting my lullabies to music.

[Jamie R. Robillard Sr.]

Well written, a good read.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you. It was the first of my poems I ever really shared. It was also a testament to the start of all my current joys.