When Lightning Strikes Poem by Kewayne Wadley

it happened so fast.
one minute I am there.
the next. I am not.
soaring above the clouds.
filled with a million and one questions.
everything seems so much brighter.
a carnival of a million lights.
all going off at the same time.
you appeared out of nowhere.
the dim switch of my life now amplified.
bursting through the socket,
my soul but a jolt. charging in your warmth.
if I could have run. I would have.
but I also would have missed out on you.
that's just how fast love strikes.
often time, without warning.
you've opened my heart, my soul.
my everything.
there is no such thing as being afraid
of the dark when you're around.


although the cable company might
have a problem with it.