10:02 a.m.

David Riesch

Undergraduate/Undeclared

 

Thunder rumbles, long and chill,

yet it is man who remains still,

battered streets covered by rain

cannot tremble, nor abstain.

Lightning strikes, misaligned,

causing blindness for a time,

metal protrusions become outlined,

inanimate shapes are redesigned.

Falling life blesses the land,

man attempts to curse the hand,

and in the shadow of all around

it reminds me of the sound.


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