Merciless Tempest

The storm's invisible fist was strong,
with its power, it punished the throng
and shook people out of their clothes
till they resembled leafless roses.

Cats were howling as loud as the storm
when they cringed alongside like a worm
and above their heads were flying eggs,
which the storm swept out of damaged nests.

Birds were hurled through stormy air like stones,
smashed against walls with broken beaks, bones
and whilst the trees were whipped merciless,
birds wailed in pain like a frightened lass.

When at long last the tempest took leave,
it left behind much sorrow and grief,
where the swaths of death and decay reeled
over that storm beaten battlefield.