matt schulte

lightning in the night sky

You caught lightning in a bottle.

A blinding thing, that most will never see.

But the bottle’s too hot to hold, and

you get scared and careless,

and accidentally set it free.

You want to believe it can happen again,

and this time you’ll be different.

Different heart, different eyes.

Nerves of smooth glass.

A laugh like sudden summer.

You had a dream and then good god you dreamed it.

And it never seemed like it could go away.

But it has.

Yes it has.

And the lightning in the night sky looks like it’s forever away.

It’s so beautiful up there.

Where it belongs.

Where it will stay.