August Thunders
By Maryella Vause

Feel the sizzling heat!
Hear the distant thunder’s roar.
August pours her sunshine out
On the ocean floor.

Let the crops cry out for rain.
Let the streets sweat blood.
August takes her own sweet time
In a summer flood.

August’s stars and moon are bright
Like a summer glow.
Fill the nights with  mellow light
To give her midnight show.

Summers close with lightening streaks,
With crashing, splashing rain.
In August blasts of summer heat
And sullen winds bring pain.

Look well to August days of rest
And spend your time with God.
For summer storms and August nests
Fly quickly back to sod.