31 January 2013

It knocks against my window

Howls and shrieks and moans,

A thousand souls go blasting by,

Thunderous in their groans.

The trees bend down for mercy

And the Sea quakes in her might;

She doesn't want to dance today

She wants to rest tonight.

They batter down each windowpane

And rattle every lock,

Nature's vengeful armies

Come to run amock.

And while these banshee's muses

Whistle round inside my head

I only hope ten minutes more,

Ten minutes more in bed.

DelilahBatten Down The Hatch • Opuss № I