The Wrath of Nature The thunder rolls, Rumbling like the fury of a thousand horses Stampeding through the valleys, While the sky darkens, And lightning strikes in wild abandon, Nature’s wrath unleashed, A tempest of power, In sweeping squalls, A chaos of wind and rain, Yet amidst this storm, A green world awakens, Life bursting forth anew, As the clouds clear And the sun once more returns To warm the earth.

• Mario Carli