Ominous Silence

Earth got suddenly denuded of all life With a morose dullness so rife A tint of grayness crept over heaven's vault All movements came to a freezing halt The wall clock didn't toll the midday hour The babies no more blabbered but did glower The hen didn't cackle after laying the egg The earth for some mercy seemed to beg The birds didn't twitter The leaves didn't flutter No music came out from the fiddle The telephone sat silent on its cradle Nature seemed to have lost half its mirth A mournful silence overpowered the earth But shattering the ominous silence Gun shots were heard at a distance The siren screamed long and loud Announcing curfew on unsuspecting ears wild Behind the façade of a deceptive calm No one suspected the threat of a fierce storm Oh Nature, who on Earth can your dumb presages read!