Words

Hearts bubble
to lips and fingertips
scorch lungs
sizzle veins

words hang fragile
as morning mist
dawn threatening
to burn them away

but the words linger
gather strength
in the darkness
broken by scattered lights

they become hard like diamonds
multifaceted
embroidered by
experience and hope

Light Storm

Light cracks through the sky
pressure building
against orange midnight clouds
thunder snaps

35 seconds
rain pours
heavy, fast

the light show ends
water running to the streets
aftermath the only evidence
that lightning ever struck