Stormy Weather

by Janis La Couvée

Rage-induced storms, wicked and wild
like the wind that whips and whirls up Discovery Passage
mounts standing waves off Cape Mudge
where waters flowing north and south meet.
And yet, next day, the sea is napped velvet,
calm and clear, unruffled, smooth.
You awake, the sun shines and all is forgotten.
What can I do?
If anything, learn patience, forget the dark night
lying in bed plotting your demise.
Brain injury is a cruel and pernicious master