...a cozy night

ever since I was a little kid...
I've liked listening to the rain & wind outside...
especially from my cozy bed...
so last night, I was quite content...

after a hot bowl of soup...
I went to bed early...
to the occasional rattling of my windows...
from a sudden gust of wind & rain...

the thudding of the driving rain outside...
the tolling of my windchimes...
branches scratching at the window panes...
and the whoosh of gusting rain...
were eventually to be eclipsed by the lusty snoring of Piglet on my left...
and the whiffling, half-purrs of Fluff on the right...

very late, as the gusts gained momentum and really slammed into the house...
I would awake with a start, but soon, would drift off again...
soothed by the counterpoint of the storm...
until the next large gust would shake me awake again...

soon, the storm passed...
and this morning saw few clouds with any rain left in them...

this wasn't one that left much debris that I've seen...
no uprooted trees or broken limbs...
no flooding or wind damage...
it was, from what I've seen, "just right"...

storm enough to make me feel cozy...
but not so much so that things were broken...
or that repair crews were out all night...
though I really feel for those who had no cozy refuge from which to enjoy it...

storms at night are my choice over daytime ones...
though I do like sitting by a roaring fire...
watching a snow storm or a heavy rainstorm...
I just don't want to have to be out in it...

"rain" is forecast again for Friday & Saturday...
so I'm hoping for a rainy Friday night...