I captured lightning after years
Of trying—pulled the trigger when
Nothing was in my sight but fears:
The wandering fear suspended in black night,
The fear of women, fear of men,
The fear of failure, fear that fate
Had wanted clockwise circles then
When I instead passed right.
So I in darkness hoped the gate
Of gods retired from careers
Of rage would not unlock too late.
They turned the key—gave me this light.
write with lightning 
March 31st, 2010 at 18:41
I like this a lot. 🙂
March 31st, 2010 at 19:16
I wrote this during a thunderstorm in Kawasaki, but it’s about the photograph I took of lightning when I was in Mongolia (it’s the photo in the header of my main page). It was the first (and only) time I was ever lucky enough with my timing to capture it.