Lightning Strike

Have you ever had an incredible moment in life, one that you know you'll never have again?

Then she started laughing
as if she could see the lightning strike.
It fell down from some high point and
crashed through her body,
illuminating all the dark places in her eyes.

Stumbling to her feet,
she gained her balance
like it was the first time,
like there was no way she could fall.
She laughed and laughed and wiped her face.
With tears on her fingers,
she raised both hands into the sky:

People are good! she screamed,
and her face flushed red.
Her words normally hesitated, hanging
like dead things in the air
and now they rushed around her
through her fingers, on wings
like water, like prayer
flowing through a universe that
for one moment

held
its
breath



Then the moment passed.
The world kept turning,
her words fell flat again,
and the lightning faded from her eyes.

People are good, she whispered
and wept with abandon.
There is love in the world,
she had seen it, in that moment
when the lightning fell.

Reviews

[Damien Thibodeaux]

Powerful write! You are good. I read this 3 times, just to let it all sink in. I like a poet who can paint these types of visuals in my head. Welcome to the Cafe.

[SpiritFingers]

I'm very proud of this one, and I'm happy that you liked it. Thanks for reading. ^^