Tornado Mayhem

Nobody got hurt.

That’s a blessing.

The tornado touched down .

It traveled a mile,

cutting a path of destruction.

It lasted only a minute.

The speedy funnel cloud—

uprooting laurel oak trees,

peeling away roofs,

blowing out windows.

In the wake of all the

booming and thrashing—

a mess of warped metal,

tree branches,

scattered furniture,

shattered glass.

Roof installation shredded on lawns—

a grayish layer on the grass.

Barely a minute…

     and look at what it did.

I’ve never seen a tornado, I never hope to see one, but I can tell you this I know, I’d rather see than be in one.  A tornado hit Volusia County on Monday night.

© 2012 Catherine Giordano

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