xxi. thunder

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    kimberly,

            for endings and beginnings,
                 and for everything
                 in between.

                                 ~

     i have

         inexplicably

         found out

         what you

         really are,

   {  your   l u m i n i s c e n c e

                  shuns illuminated

                             sorrows and

                                    turns  it

                       into something

        so  t r a n s c e n d e n t a l,

                                       whose

      tiny sparks

      frighten the

           fields

      and perturb

      the children's

            sleep.

                                  hush, now.  }

                    

  ❝ it's going to rain soon, ❞

          her voice

          echoed like

          hallowed
          specters into

          the desolate

          willows.

                  but her
                      e y e s
                          radiate
                            a glow
                             in hues
                            of bright
                         marigolds
                      and snow,
                   that it's
                  almost even
                   e l e c t r i c .

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