The loudest voices in the room shall pass like rolling thunder
which punctuates the hot summer storm.
A brief booming terror, a startling moment of sheer surprise,
and then the quiet exhale of lasting peace; an enduring calm.
Daylight breaks in silence, with whispers of the dawn,
each shadow cowers, vanishing from sight,
trembling in fear of the new day’s light.
By D. Ryan Lafferty
Literary Crumbs: Poems & Short Stories to Savor by D. Ryan Lafferty 