Good one. I feel a sense of tension, followed by release. It reminds me of being a child and my father telling me to count the seconds between the lightning and the thunder. And then as an adult, those times when you hold your breath for the shock that sometimes doesn't come.
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Shush! We still listen!
nice one bill
john
oh i like that, it reminds me of the lightning storms we sometimes got in Malawi
rich with meaning...
enjoyed as always
i whisper:
i echo Magyar`s comment...
(for "Shush!" we say: Pst!)
magyar, I love that comment. Thanks.
And thanks John, Juliet,Polona, and Angelika.
This is an image from last summer's visit to Santa Fe, New Mexico. We're going back this summer. Perhaps we'll hear the thunder.
Good one. I feel a sense of tension, followed by release. It reminds me of being a child and my father telling me to count the seconds between the lightning and the thunder. And then as an adult, those times when you hold your breath for the shock that sometimes doesn't come.
Thanks for that thoughtful reading, Jem. Sometimes you experience the thunder you don't hear as vividly as though you've heard it.
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