Thunder & Lightning

by Rebecca Valentino

Thunder and lightning
There’s nothing more frightening
Than all the loud noises it
Brings

With a crack and a boom
I hide in my room
And under my covers I
Cling

But louder and louder
And closer and closer
The cracks and the booms
Become

So deeper and deeper
I dig in my covers
And now to avoid it I
Hum

The thunder’s still louder
And the lightning much brighter
Than my voice or my nightlight could
Be

So I scream to my mom
And then to my Dad
“Oh please would you come sleep with
Me!”