I
lie awake
watching
the flash
and
flickers
of
lightning
illuminating
my room
in
irregular intervals.
I
count
1...2...3...
CRACK! BOOM! CRASH!
Thunder
reverberates
through the cloudburst -
rolling through the night
rolling through my windowpanes
rolling through my heart.
The
incessant
rumbles of thunder
match the
boom-boom-boom
thumping
of my
heart.
I
pray
that each
flash and boom
is
the last...
the finale.
Eventually
the storm
recedes
and
I find
peace and sleep.