Okay, but not 'Til The Lightning Stops

Genius is a light which makes the darkness visible, like the lightning's flash, which perchance shatters the temple of knowledge itself. - Thoreau

it's about to rain

pour buckets

flashes from the past getting ever closer

trust me it's coming

the clouds' burdens heavy

i want to put on my bathing suit and go outside to play in it

mother says, "okay,  but not 'til the lightning stops"

i want to do it again now 'cept i'm no longer a child

it's been quite a while

mother recently passed

no one to tell me to wait

maybe she's in the crackles of lightning now

in the rain, wind and clouds

although she never did like crowds

it's raining

it's pouring

life can be boring

time stopping and adoring

rolling over and snoring

that bathing suit long since will no longer fit

so tell me, why do i still want to go outside and dance in it

guess i'm just outta' luck

stuck

thank heaven, at least i can still be

thunderstruck

Author's Note

“Friendship is evanescent in every man’s experience, and remembered like heat lightning in past summers.” - Thoreau

Reviews

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

Fave lines here of an extraordinary poem
Loved it all
‘that bathing suit long since will no longer fit
so tell me, why do i still want to go outside and dance in it
guess i'm just outta' luck
stuck
thank heaven, at least i can still be

thunderstruck‘

[Pete]

it's funny the things of childhood that we remember so vividly. I still love thunderstorms. thanks so much for appreciating. and sharing ... :)

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

I can’t believe 44 views and one review
This is a great write

[Pete]

although I still feel young inside sometimes I doubt that anyone would would want to see me dancing in my bathing suit lol ... :)