Three Seconds

Three Seconds

The lightning blinds and I see you...

One one-thousand

All of the moments we spent together 

Seem to congeal into one

As the rain runs down the window

Captured in my reflection

Are the tears I do not cry

Streaming down the face

Of an image that shares 

The same heart as mine

Does it rain now where you live?

Or are we too far apart?

Two one-thousand

Did you see the lightning?

It brightens the sky in a flash

And if you blink 

You miss it

But sometimes you feel the electricity

In the air

Making my hair stand on end

Like the touch of your hand

On the small of my back

And I shiver 

Three one-thousand

The rain beats against the window 

Trying to get inside

Sending showers of tears

To woo me outside of myself

But I’m already there

I can’t see anything anymore

All I can do is count

The seconds

The miles

To reveal how far the eye

... I count until I hear thunder



Words: ©2019LCR
Gif: No Claim