lightning

Lightning flickers on the horizon at dawn. The dull glow of the crescent moon’s darkened bulk reminds me that the earth also shines.

Hard rain. My brain feels sluggish, despite coffee. A flash of lightning like the apotheosis of all this yellow.

A downpour. Just above the ridge, a sudden flash followed by a teeth-rattling rumble, the outline of an inverted tree fading on my retina.