And Then Comes The Thunder

I don’t want to live on hopes and dreams

Spending my life on outlandish schemes

As if the only place the extraordinary exists

Is at destinations found on a Bucket List

But every day has its unexpected turns

Chance encounters where passion burns

Finding the miraculous in the minutia of days

Discovering adventure in their mundane ways

Sunset beaches where lovers kissed

These are moments for a bucket list

A sense of expectancy a hint of wonder

A quick bright flash and then comes the thunder