Night Palace

I saw lightning last night

but heard nothing

The whole half of the sky flashed a couple times

but no rain

no sheet metal rolling

Living close to the ground

I talk back to birds way more than I used to

A spirit world found

out past where belief blows away

I saw flashing

I saw plumes of smoke

I put the kid to bed

I wash dishes in the night

Nobody burns like me at the sink

looking out on the world

this lightning inside

I'm in love with the last of the light

however long I have left in life

and so what if no one ever finds this notebook