Rozina

Thunder and Lightning

 

Oh oh, here it comes

Spectacular lightning and thunder

I\'m safe behind a window

Looking and listening in wonder

 

Staring through the glass

At the tumult going on outside

Waiting for the storm to end

And then I will decide

 

To rake up fallen leaves

Or sweep along the drain

Or cut off broken branches

Tomorrow same again

 

I\'d rather take a walk

Along the swollen river

The water rushes by

Its colour polished silver

 

But the weatherman has said

This pattern will go on

For 1 or 2 more weeks

And then it will be gone

 

So welcome rain and thunder

As all of us now know

Your power\'s getting weaker

And soon you\'ll have to go.

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This spectacular photo was taken by my friend Joyce Lai (her IG: jlai_lens) who has kindly shared it with me for my poem. I tried to take a photo of lightning but failed many times. Malaysia has one of the highest number of lightning strikes in the world causing 132 deaths over a 10 year period up to August 2019. Lake Maracaibo (Venezuela) is the lightning capital of the world.

The latest weather forecast for Malaysia predicts a spell of very hot weather coming, lasting until September. Climate change is a probable  factor.