One Day in December

This poem was written to commemorate the anniversary of the Western Kentucky EF4 tornado that occurred on December 10th, 2021. This one was fun to write and is one of my favorites.

Mayfield, Kentucky–
A small but beautiful city
With ten thousand residents
And cold winters of precedence.

But one day in December
A twister brought terror–
An unusual happening
Destroying many buildings.

Debris was lofted around
It tore through the ground.
What a monster it had been–
The likes we’ve never seen!

Some homes were swept
And some people wept.
The winds were so strong
Carrying things along.

The response was quick
But the twister burnt out the wick.
Now it wasn’t all that cold
But some would still fold.