34 - Walrus and Storm

Prodigious weight

among the rocks

grand snow-white tusks

the walrus

an animal peculiar

to the arctic regions.

Black clouds

gathered thick and fast

around us

and a tremendous storm

came on.

The horizon was shrouded

in darkness,

fearful gusts of wind

lashed the ocean into foam,

rain descended in torrents

livid lightning

glared athwart the gloom.

The tempest swept on

and my whole agonized heart

arose, earnest for our deliverance

pg 224 - 225
Swiss Family Robinson

by Johann Wyss

Altered by Sasheena Kurfman 2010