It flashes across the sky,
a yellow fork of heat and light.
Soon after comes a rumbling
BOOM! of thunder, startling
many people.

Another blinding flash of light,
branching down on a tree,
setting it aflame in a huge shower of
sparks.

BOOM! BLAST! It continues,
beautiful but devastating, like a
poisonous butterfly or a rainbow viper.

Lightning is a demon’s hand,
reaching down from the sky,
destroying anything it touches,
Unstoppable.

But in a matter of time,
It’ll be like it was never there.