Lasting Impressions

Lasting Impressions From the window, lightning It’s lasted twenty minutes now Visible, jagged bolts A dot to dot that darts across the sky Growing in size, an angry streak I stare in awe, astonishing gold Something to be watched for free No flick of a switch can stop this animation Spreads like wildfire, far out to sea Beaming down on the waters, a brilliant blue Startled dolphins collecting in marvel To watch the display of metallic lights Intrudes the sky, intermittent as a faulty bulb Revealing sleeping clouds above They wake for a second and glow, pulsate With a silvery almost lucid pink tinge A pure, pre-eminent firework display The sound of thunder’s gone astray No harsh winds, rain or sleet The night composed, a tender breeze Ice particles above freezing level collide Magnificent white light Silver tinsel and rapid static waves For a split second Then it is gone Unlike a plane no impression is left No trace of its trail Just a memory