"You will hear thunder and remember me, and think; she wanted storms..."     -Anna Akhmatova

   

lightning strikes over the water

one mississippi. 

two mississippi. 

thunder shakes the house

from the inside out 

the sky is illuminated 

            again

  and 

  again 

across the horizon

  the waves flash pink 

  from electricity 

sunset colors 

directly in front

  of you

                       of me

one mississippi . 

two mississippi .

three 

i felt it this time

  from the inside out 

completely inside of me.