The sky is electric

And I am not sure

If I want to find somewhere to huddle

Or to stare wide eyed at the clouds

The way the lightning tears

Blue streaks in the cosmos

I count the seconds

Until thunder rattles the air

Vibrating through my bones

And suddenly it is raining

Softly at first and then sheets

Of water plaster my hair to my face

Drag my garment against my body

I am not cold

I feel more alive than I have in years

And I laugh into the space

Between droplets

That silent, still moment

And I am running, my feet sloshing

My arms flung wide

As if I could hold this world

This strange, beautiful world

And all the majesty it contains