TH … TH … THUNDER

By George Daniel Anos

Sometimes we choose to live alone
And people ask us why
Our tongues we hold and merely smile
then leave them hanging dry

Most often too these questions' tone
Are full of genuine wonder
But only if they knew the tale
Left by the last loud thunder

Streaking wild from the sky
From darkly clouds above
We were swept of what we thought
We will forever have

The brightness caught us suddenly
And lifted darkness' curtain
That next ones will be longer still
Of that we thought we're certain

So it struck straight into our heart
too stunned for any objection
Just like a child who hasn't yet
Seen a storm in action

With each new blast on that dark night
Our spirits rose ever higher
The crackling charges gave our spines
electrifying shivers

Too caught up in that wondrous sight
The thunders barely heard
Till that last time it streaked the sky
To our ears it finally bared

Unlike the gentle Sun and moon when
days end and nights begin
Sometimes we cannot see them
Still they return again

Such things are true of sudden love
we surrender everything
Without knowing if its real
right from the beginning

The echoing final rumbles
Of the night with a brightened sky
When lightning strikes were all we saw
Until that sad goodbye.

Source: FB/Thundery weather
November 1, 2019