Steven
A clever, silent storyteller, he—
fueled by a torrential rain,
a hurricane,
a fury inside his mind.
The current weather
inside Steven
eludes my predictions.
A burst of lightning,
a clap of thunder,
a tsunami waiting just offshore.
Then—
at just the right moment,
in just the right place—
his weather reveals itself
with a deep, bawdy intonation.
A wondrous act of nature, Steven is,
with more than a slight grasp
of his place in the universe.
Despite his superpowers,
he humbly serves his boss,
rides out the storms of his intellect,
and astonishes us
with his writing.
clr 2012