Thunder

I awake at 5
Listening to the
Thunder roll across
The dark sky above my
Condo by the lake silence
Until suddenly another clap
Of thunder rolls in the distance
Followed seconds later by the
Sounds of closer lightning
Crackling sizzling follows
Strikes then deep rolls
Of thunder here by
Lake Conroe just
A hundred miles
From the Gulf
Waves a big
Storm on
Land so
Much
Less
Scary
Than on
A ship at sea.
And the rain comes
Cascading down
Like a river
From the
Sky.