The farthest thunder that I heard

The farthest thunder that I heard
Was nearer than the sky,
And rumbles still, through torrid noons
Have lain their missles by,
The lightning that preceded it
Struck no one but myself,
But I would not exchange the bolt
For all the rest of life.
Indebtedness to oxygen
The chemist may reply
But not the obligation
To electricity.
It founds the homes and decks the days,
And every clamor bright
Is but the gleam concomitant
Of that waylaying light
The thought is quiet as a flake, --
A crash without a sound;
How life's reverberation
Its explanation found!
~Emily Dickinson posted by Cyndy | link | | |
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