Lightning Strikes

Lightning Strikes

 

I’m trying to write verses 

 

that pierce the night 

 

like a lightning strike...

 

all the while knowing

 

my efforts may fail.

 

 

There’s but one who creates 

 

brilliance all the time—

 

 

who paints neon colors across the sky

 

splashes clouds with fiery finger paints

 

lavishes oceans with rippling radiance

 

makes even a desert a thing of beauty...

 

 

If such luminous artistry 

 

can’t make us pause—

 

gasping in wonder...

 

what can possibly inspire us

 

to set aside all else

 

and celebrate 

 

these too-brief lives

 

that come and go...

 

 

like dazzling lightning strikes?

Photo Credits: Melody P - Upsplash

Clinton Naik - Upsplash