When Lightning Strikes

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    When Lightning Strikes

    His voice, like thunder
    Rumbling through my head
    Frightens me, trembles me,
    Splits the heaven and
    Strikes the earth.

    At night when I sleep,
    The roaring thunder heaves
    Feigns like a lullaby,
    Silences my outcry
    Pinning me down
    Far deep

    When morning comes,
    an uproar fades
    leaving my body with
    dirt and aches.
    Lightning hits
    the same spot twice,
    still it hides
    a stealth of trace

    When mother asks me
    not to tell a soul,
    I see the stain
    on my skirt,
    the bruise
    burns even more

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    SILKYTWEED commented on When Lightning Strikes

    07-10-2010

    Poignant Writing...as the reader I'm moved to emotions of fear, anger and hurt...Excellent Conveyance!!

    Phoenix9 commented on When Lightning Strikes

    09-20-2009

    more than a mere 10, no score can rate this poem, the depth that it comes from and rises to the surface, the pain, secrets that should never be. well done

    Starchild commented on When Lightning Strikes

    03-22-2009

    Reaching out for help...through words of emotion. Well written to I could feel the hurt and pain.

    Drivingczar commented on When Lightning Strikes

    03-21-2009

    Once in a while i read a poem of poems! This is one of those rare ones!

    Footprints2002 commented on When Lightning Strikes

    03-16-2009

    Good Job!

    Poetry is either something that lives like fire inside you or else it is nothing, an empty formalized bore around which pedants can endlessly drone their notes and explanations.

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