I Forget...

I forget that you could destroy me
quite easily. I woke up last night
to thunder rolling in that deep
sounding way that I like to pretend 
is your voice and I smiled sleepily
to you, "Oh, you are so awesome 
and beautiful and awesome God."

Then, just as I was falling back 
to sleep, thunder announced 
a lightening bolt so near our house 
there was no delay between light and sound, 
and there was the illusion that it was
the electricity slamming violently into the ground 
that had caused such a great bang. 
I sat up, eyes open, hand on my wife,
ready to sleep the rest of the night in my car.
I forget that you could destroy me quite easily.

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