Taken By Storm
by John Douglass

Stop to stand in the rain
Hoping to wash away the pain
Abandoned blood coursing thru my veins
Seeking verification of the sane


Gentle storm increase your wrath
As I stand within your path
Cleanse my heart with your bath
Unleash your torrents; all you hath


Thunder whispers amplify your fury
Men content run in a hurry
The forlorn wait to speak to your jury
Washed away like a chemical slurry


Lightening strike to illuminate
All that I incriminate
Charge my soul or eliminate
Everything left that humilates


Wind shear my lonely thoughts
No longer fooled by what they wrought
Life\'s love continues to be sought
Efforts to succeed so far for naught


Sun shines not this day
Moon slides behind the clouds to stay
Until the days sins are washed away
Purify my thoughts that betray


My heart you\'ve taken by storm
Now I wait for the new day to warm
As the rain ultimately tranforms
I, like life, return to norm