Friday, October 24, 2025

I do not hear the thunder Aug. 6, 2014

  

I barely hear the thunder except inside my head, the wind whipping up otherwise limp trees into a passion that shakes me, head to toes, drawing me out, making me respond, the cool chill of the heavy rain doing nothing to relieve the heat I feel inside, the beat to beat the pain (which is not really pain) out of me and to watch the residue washed from my fingers, as I imagine you licked it off me, off my fingers and more.

I do not hear the thunder, yet feel its vibration, rocking me to blissful slumber later when the storm subsides and I can breath deeply, pretending you were really here, really doing for me what I am forced to do for myself, the now-stiff trees bending like slaves before you, to kiss your lips, your tits you toes, to serve you in all ways possible when in reality not at all possible.

I don’t hear the thunder and groans for real, just feel as if I caused them, where in the dark, in the storm, alone, without.


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