Storm

Devastation consists of shattered windows, broken doors,  and silence. The real beauty, is watching this happen backwards. Boarded up homes are taken off, nails are pulled out, shattered windows fly up and put their pieces all into place. Dents in the cars are pulled out and fixed, lost dogs find their homes. Flooded roads become lower and lower and canoes are put back in the sheds,  Slanted rain pouring starts to straighten up and slow and grow quieter and quieter, dark death wearing clouds covering what is left of a community begin to fade . A quiet buzz of electrical wires tangled beneath trees fallen over lift themselves up and root themselves back in the ground. Thunder booms and then lightning, cars sliding down the roads, without their owners begin to light up and park in driveways with homes. The howl of the wind disappears. There are sirens, blaring so loudly, that it becomes hard to hear, and then they begin soften to a quiet hum of the television. Families return to their homes, lights turn on and children are tucked into bed. Peace consists of glass windows, wooden doors, and laughter. Looking backwards changes your perspective on everything.

Watching recovery can be uplifting while seeing destruction is electrifying. People often try to force a puzzle piece into the puzzle, when they know it doesn't fit, but they will keep trying because some of us cannot let go of an idea. Even though we are destroying the piece by trying to make it fit into something it doesn't. Think about this before you watch a storm come, remember every storm has an end. Devastation doesn't need to define us, what happens on the path back does. Watching a storm backwards is just a minor look at our interpretation on life. If we had watched 911 or hurricane Katrina backwards maybe the world would be seen in a little bit bright light, because we would see how a community will fix itself after the unthinkable.