One night, I awoke to a giant thunderstorm It was so loud that I felt tiny, helpless, In awe of the massive forces colliding in the sky I felt as if I had entered into the minds of the ancients And was sensing what they had felt When they saw the jagged brilliance of the lightning Flash into being as if by magic And heard the sudden deafening crash and boom of the thunderbolts And saw and heard them again and again Until all that furious energy was spent And the gods took a nap |