God takes selfies too

inspired by a lightning flash

God 

takes selfies too 

you know

with flash enabled 

and 

in between each 

take

we will count 

100

200

300

...

Author's Note

The countdown refers to a local Irish custom of counting between flash of lightning and rumble of thunder. Counting is done each time a flash occurs. If the count is longer than the previous count then the storm is said to be moving away from the 'counter'.

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

love the theme ..language and simplicity .. what is it that Jesus/God said? we must be as children to enter heaven? ... i think it is not probably a conscous thing but that you start with the mention of the biggest possible imaginable and the form of your poem drops to a very small "..." which i can easily interpret as a path to the very same thing .. that this came to you in a flash ;) is very cool ... how far away was that storm my friend?
E.

[Tony Jordan]

Bayjaysus I missed this review E!
Wow I never noticed that and I'm grateful to you for pointing it out my friend. It was not planned.

The storm was on top of us but we always say the storm 'is heralding good weather' and we did get a few days (which is a whole Irish Summer lol).

Thank you E!
God Bless

[Einstein Noodle]

:) ......................

[Sanat Aryal]

True, God invisibly literally takes selfies. Honest words. Good work.

[Mrudula Rani]

Thanks for educating me about an Irish custom. I will be looking at lightning in a whole new light from now on, and will be counting too.you not only inspired me, left me feeling pleasantly pleased as well.

[Mirror]

The title caught my eye... it is beautiful and a bit funny. I just chuckled at the title before reading it. I love this...

[Tony Jordan]

If we are made in His image - perhaps we are the selfies made flesh. Nah...I'm away with the faeries now...lol
Thank you Mirror. I appreciate your reviews of my 'writing'

[Bacchus]

this is great...
what if God's selfie was Jesus...

i read a crazy blog post about selfies being sinful...
but some people get crazy about idols etc.

this one is fun.

[Tony Jordan]

That is an intriguing thought - would he know Himself? No, that's getting a bit too ecumenical for 9pm lol
Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts Bacchus.
:)

[FJ Davis]

Novel perspective.
One, quite obviously, reflective of the times.
Excellent and creative!

[Tony Jordan]

Thank you FJ - always my friend.

[Tomás Ó C..]

I was thinking of the film Ted and the Thunderbuddies song as I read this!!!

[Tony Jordan]

Sorry about the delay in replying. I guess it's not too long (read a reply that was 7 years later than the review on here once lol)
Thank you Tomás - I appreciate your thoughts mo chara

[Tomás Ó Cárthaigh]

😀 I don't be on here often myself! Must post and review more than I do!

[boobalajcushion]

Yes, we have this custom in England too! Thunder/lightning storms are my favourite, this poem reminds me of my childhood. I love the fact you have combined something old and something new. Modern day selfie culture and beautiful customs touching base with nature. This is great!

[Tony Jordan]

You're too kind boobalajcushion (what an ace handle !!)
Thank you.

[wordman]

God takes selfies,now that is a thought provoking statement

[Tony Jordan]

Was waiting on a smiting thunderbolt after penning this Ron lol
Thank you my friend.

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

Novel idea! God takes selfies and is himself the (lightning) flash- how "green" is that?! Great!

[Tony Jordan]

Holy sausage - forgive my overlooking this witty wonderful review Annette - green, yes He best set an example!
Thank you very much my friend.

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

No problem my friend- You are most welcome!

[alanwgraham]

It took me a while to figure this and then I had a lightning flash! Funnily enough I was traversing the Reeks ridge in Ireland when we heard thunder in the distance and then the count dropped to zero - very scary! As I read more of your stuff I can see that you have an mind that can go off at tangents which makes for interesting writing. I enjoy trying something different myself but you have to be thick skinned! I liked this curious little one!
Cheers,
Alan

[Tony Jordan]

The power of the storms can give us a real inkling of our insignificance no Alan?
I wish Trump and Jong-Un could be put into a 'storm-chamber' to give their heads a shake ...lol.

I have noticed that you also enjoy exploring the road less travelled Alan. It isn't always received well you're right and the rump gets thicker each time. My a*s is like a white rhino's. lmao
Thank you Sir and great to see you !!