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The Calm Before the Storm

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Everything is quiet... You can only hear the stones beneath your boots as you walk the cobblestone path to the creek from your house. The air is so still and silent there is a buzzing in your ears. Even the crickets and frogs don't make a sound, or maybe they aren't even there... They can sense what will happen soon.

The humidity in the atmosphere clings to your skin under your baggy shirt. There wasn't even a breeze to make the trees stir... just absolute stillness.

Seeing the muddy brown creek in the distance you hurry up a bit to see the tide. But it seems that even the mighty brook was trying to become one with the immobility enveloping you. It was creeping along ever so slowly and silently today…

A yawn escapes your mouth and the air you breathe in feels heavy. You didn't know how long you could take such silence. You didn't even feel like you were part of this tranquil world, it was too peaceful, too silent… Even as you look at the gray sky above about the only word you can think of is stillness. This simply was not natural… It was like the world had completely stopped…

But suddenly…

A drop hits your nose and you look to the sky at it becomes as dark as the night. More drops fall and soon a hissing sound surrounds you along with the patters of the rain hitting your hat. A low rumbling in the distance makes you slowly open your arms as if you were to embrace it. A small almost insane smirk graces your face.

"She's here~"
Dribble Dribble Dribble~~~ The things I write on my Itouch when I'm bored waiting for my grandparents to debate on the next thing to move to the safety of the second floor on their floodplain home.

It really was unnaturally silent today when I was running to and from the boathouse to prepare for the flood that Hurricane Irene will bring... The calm before the storm eh? How original am I? |D
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Tomari1998's avatar
:facepalm: Sorry I meant "writing" in the second to last sentence.