Stewart's Landing Epic

Mary went off to do some shopping

While I prepared to go kayaking

And the sky above was absolutely blue

But our plans were changed abruptly

when a storm came in quite swiftly

soon after we had bid a fond adieu.

Her task was almost through

When the manager boo-hooed,

"Leave your carts, folks. 
We have been hit"

The man found it very frightening

to be the target of the lightning 

and he didn't want any further part of it.

Meanwhile, I heard the thunder rumble

saw the dark clouds in a jumble

and thought, 
“Maybe I should turn my boat around."

I paddled like the devil

atop the water level

and still dry, arrived upon the solid ground.

I sat on the porch of my chateau

enjoyed the crash and lightning show

and absolutely missed the urgent ringing phone

So Mary called the neighbors

and asked them for a favor

to make sure that I had made it safely home.

They arrived, knocked, and entered,

found no one and then departed

since I was soaping up, hidden in the shower.

Reporting back to Mary

they found it somewhat scary

that I might be a recent victim of wind power.

When I was fully dried

and the howling winds had died

And I was, post-shower, feeling really great

I’d heard the last of thunder

but I began to wonder

So I called to see why Mary was so late

Then I got the story

heard of lightning strikes and worry

And of kind concern for me, on this occasion,

So I called the folks next door

“Be very careful!” I implored,

“There have been nearby reports, of home invasion!"

Mist rising after the storm.