Words of Art – Day 121 – There is Something About Thunder

There is Something About Thunder

There is something about thunder
That I like.
The low sustained bass beat rumble
That follow the lightning pulses
Inside dark, ominous cloud banks.
Or the loud frightening crack 
That immediately follows the electric zig-zag
That lights up the dark sky.
I like the way thunder works
In tandem with lightning.
The call and response.
I like how thunder often announces
The imminent arrival of a storm
As a warning to one and all.
I also like how thunder says goodbye
While pulling the clouds along
Revealing the sun and
Possibly a rainbow or two.
There is something about
The bass beat rumble or the crack of
Thunder that I really like.

Roy W. Backes
© 2021