Darkness engulfs the surrounding earth except the lake’s surface and porch floor. A large glass tabletop is bound together by a cold metal edge. Five outdoor metal chairs, each equipped with a cushion stare blankly off into the crisp autumn’s midnight air. The scuffed wooden floors are barely illuminated. The lights glisten off the rippling lake. Rain sprinkles onto the damp ground.
The gentle pattering of the rain continues with only the sound of a light breeze waking the trees. A bolt of lightning flashes and shows the cloaked cabin. Shapeless trees next to the lake transform into tall and slender pines. The highly anticipated clap of thunder booms across the small lake. The light in the cabin flips on, and fails to illuminate the blackness beyond the cloth curtain caked with years of cigarette smoke. The reflection of the lights across the lake flutter as the wind howls and generates waves. The rain beats down, soaking the ground, and a thin stream flows between the wooden floor and the opposing cabin. The long overdue scents of rain disperse throughout the breeze. The rain wavers, not sure of itself. It crashes like an ocean wave against the shore; just as quickly
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The light continues its battle with the darkness through the tainted curtain. It reflects off the table and resembles the swaying lake. Rain blankets the earth and the lightening throws itself throughout the menacing sky. The window goes dark. Shaking the ground, the thunder throws the bedroom light on! Between the ever decreasing moments of darkness; the cabin around the window emerges. The square shape and color of its light blue siding shows age. Another window to the right, and two windows peak out over the ground peering into the basement. Water floods down the sloped yard as it swims toward the thrashing water. Panic spreads throughout the bending trees as they keep their footings into the waterlogged