Struck by Lightning monolgue

No, it's not a tottoo, it's a scar

It's lightning... yes, I'm serious... well, it's hard to describe, but I'll do my best

It was summer

Not like tonight.

Not like tonight.

It was one of those summer nights when rage-filled clouds obscured the sky and the night birds and the cicadas were silent.

It was one of those summer nights when rage-filled clouds obscured the sky and the night birds and the cicadas were silent.

I had gone outside to bring my bicycle in before it rained

I had gone outside to bring my bicycle in before it rained

In the distance, I could hear the familiar hush of the ocean

Shhhhhh.

And everything else was quiet

And everything else was quiet

I grabbed the handebars of my bike, and then came the roar

I grabbed the handebars of my bike, and then came the roar

A clap of thunder so loud it shook the very ground beneath my feet

In the distance, I could hear the familiar hush of the ocean

Shhhhhh.

A clap of thunder so loud it shook the very ground beneath my feet

What happened next felt instant and slow motion all at once.

What happened next felt instant and slow motion all at once.

I had barely moved my bikew, when the BOOM came

I had barely moved my bike, when the BOOM came

A white-hot flash far away and everywhere, and my body in the air and then nothing

A white-hot flash far away and everywhere, and my body in the air and then nothing

And then lying on the grass, my body like lead, my head splitting with pain, and the sweet, overpowering fregrance of grass

And then lying on the grass, my body like lead, my head splitting with pain, and the sweet, overpowering fregrance of grass

My mother was screaming over me, but she sounded far away

My mother was screaming over me, but she sounded far away

In the hosptial, they told me that I had been struck by lightning

In the hosptial, they told me that I had been struck by lightning

My mother had seen it from the kitchen window

My mother had seen it from the kitchen window

Lightning broke the sky outside and traveled along the ground and through my bicycle

Lightning broke the sky outside and traveled along the ground and through my bicycle

I was lucky

I was lucky

They call it 'fractal'

They call it 'fractal'

A few more feet and I would have died

A few more feet and I would have died

I still have headaches, and I cannot hear in my left ear

I still have headaches, and I cannot hear in my left ear

And this scar?

And this scar?

At first it was blisters

At first it was blisters

A white-hot searing that bled and pussed and crusted over

A white-hot searing that bled and pussed and crusted over

And now it's this

And now it's this

This beautiful pattern like a willow branch

This beautiful pattern like a willow branch

Forever trying to reach the ground, and not quite making it

Forever trying to reach the ground, and not quite making it

It will never go

It will never go

And to be honest, i don't want it to

And to be honest, i don't want it to

My eyes are now open.. to the richnes. and also the impermanence of life

My eyes are now open.. to the richnes. and also the impermanence of life

I am here with you

I am here with you

With you

With you

On this warm summer evening

On this warm summer evening

The night birds are singing and the cicadas are humming along

The night birds are singing and the cicadas are humming along

(looks down at arm)

(looks down at arm)

It's a wonderful, don't you think?