It Came In Silence
March 31, 2025
It came in silence
it came
in broad daylight
dripping
dropping
then
and
throughout the night
Clutching branches
trees
houses
everything in sight
Silently freezing
covering them
in
a grasp
so tight
In horror
we heard a branch
limb
tree
crack
break
falling on lines
Sending silence
to
homes
yesterday
today
tomorrow
and
tonight
Gone
but
leaving
in it’s wake
destruction
devastation
throughout the country
No more silence
only
chainsaws
generators
roaring
every hour
all day
into
dark, dark night
Freezing rain
has
gripped us
all
so tight.
~ Patrice
@ Patrice Clarkson – 2025
Patrice’s Art & Poetry Blog 
Hope you’re safe! It sounds like an awful ice storm. Maggie
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It is! But the strange thing is it came so silently. One minute all’s fine then the lights go out and we’re within an abyss of darkness. That was Saturday at 7.
Thank goodness for generators!
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Yow– the picture really helps tell the story, too. Hope all is well, there.
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All is well. Just hoping for hydro to come back on as SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!
We lost cell service this morning, so guess the cell tower has been disabled by the ice.
Some areas won’t get hydro they say, til Wednesday, Thursday. Hope not us! 😳
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:-O Oh no. Wow…. my thoughts and hopes are with you !!!!!!!!
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This too shall pass – I SURE HOPE SOON!!!! 😀
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I’m rooting for ya !!!!!!!!!!!
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Tanks for the support 🤗
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This is something far too many can relate to and have had to live through
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Yes and I hope it ends tonight!!!
You take care 👋
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