I live near Phoenix and in the late summer it gets humid and there are big storms. But fairly often, right at sunset, we'll get a lot of wind and dust blowing in, but no rain at all.
The sunset wind
Carrying the dust again
Following the line of the darkness
She turned her head aside
To keep the grit out of her eyes
Waiting for the calm
Trees bent low
Creaking against the blow
Supplicants in hope of assistance
But help won’t ever come
Underneath the shrouded Sun
Waiting for the calm
There’s a place in visions
Was never meant to be
And it won’t be found by heart
Or any artifice of chart
Waiting for the calm
Standing cold and small
Amidst the clutter of the squall
Watching clouds recede past the tree line
Kissed by rusty light
And thinking, “No rain again tonight”
Waiting for the calm
Where the land lies lowest
Takes water to the sea
And it won’t be stopped by hand
Or any obstacle of man
When it’s waiting for the calm