Thunderstorms

Summer thunderstorms are my favorite!!!

I grew up in the desert southwest.  There are two things I think are quintessential "desert": thunderstorms and night skies.

Thunderheads building up over the mountains.

A thunderstorm starts building early:  the humidity builds, the sun scorches, the heat becomes heavy and full.  As the day progresses, clouds start to build up along the mountain tops:  huge columns of thick gray cloud, tinted with the pink and gold of sunset.  As night slinks silently over the overheated soil, air columns start to rise, twisting the cloud columns into grotesque and beautiful forms. And then, as the sun sets, lightening starts to flash along the horizon, morse-code for "God is Alive and Well, but only cares as much as you do".

Then the electricity sparks and seems to emmanate from our very bodies. As night sets the flashing continues, pulsing at the rate of my heart.

I sleep well under the eerie sight.