Charge

Charge

A lightning flash –
        one-thousand-and-one
Its photons dash
        one-thousand-and-two
Into my eyes
        one-thousand-and-three
Through rain-soaked skies.
        one-thousand-and-four
I wonder how far
        one-thousand-and-five
Those flashes are ?
        one-thousand-and-six
Been brewing all week,
        one-thousand-and-seven
This cleansing streak.
        one-thousand-and-eight
Hang on, have I missed it ?
        one-thousand-and-nine
Or is it too distant ?
        one-thousand-and-ten
I feel a bit cheated,
        one-thousand-eleven
The clap uncompleted –
        one-thousand-and-twelve
You can’t give us flashes
        one-thousand-and-thirteen
Without giving crashes…
        one-thousand-and-f……finally !