ODE TO LIGHTNING
By: Wayne Brown
Do you see it? There! Off in the distance to the west
The flashes of light illuminating the sky at its behest
Dancing in, out, and between the billowing dark clouds
Shouting out its anger with thunderous voices loud
Lightning!
It’s coming closer; coming on a path this way
It will be here soon bringing its dance upon the day
Bright illuminated streaks fracture the sky before our eyes
Hiding in the clouds making them glow as if disguised
Lightning!
The blazing fury of it all as if ruled by God’s very hand
The way it dances in broken streaks between the clouds and land
Did God send it as a message much like the rainbow after the rain?
Could it be the wrath of God etched forth in a stormy proclaim?
Lightning!
God only knows and he’s not sayin’; at least not right now any way
Maybe the power of it all will be explained in full some day
For now it is a mystery which never fails to gain our attention
For now it strikes a fear in all of us far too deep to mention
Lightning!
With it comes the rain and the echoed thunder of the storm
With it comes the hail where cold air meets the warm
Coming on so fast riding the windy storm and its clout
Signaling the wrath of its power as its thunder echoes shout
Lightning
Etching message of strength across the darkened puffy presence
Entertaining our eyes with it random strokes of heavenly luminesce
Painting the heavens with a show unmatched by earthly mankind
Showering the sky with each powerful stroke of it electrified lines
Lightning!
Closer it comes pushing the smell of rain riding upon the stormy gusts
Signaling, signaling, to all around; pay attention for you must
Heed the power of the storm as the clouds battle upon sky and earth
Heed the moment of its presence; heed the instant of its birth
Lightning!
The ground trembles at the announcement of its arrival
Men scurry for shelter seeking safety and survival
LIGHTNING!
The storms dance about and fight with electrified blades
Thunder makes the heavens tremble; the gods never bored
A flash of light; an explosion so loud right in our face
A tree splits in the fury and falls; lightning’s bold erase
LIGHTNING!
Then quiet befalls the surroundings as the storms rumble past
And marches off across the prairie seemingly forever to last
The sounds and the fury diminishes as the storms slowly march
Peace and calm return once again and the rainbow cast its arch
LIGHTNING!
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