They predicted
Late afternoon
Thundershowers

Tearing the sky
A purple streak
Left me blinded

My mind thinking
In line syncing
Failed on me now

My eyes recovered
Camera fired
Shot relentlessly
Occasional cracks
Directly above
Drew my eyes upward
For more than an hour
I sat on the roof
Watching the flashes

I stayed at my post
Looked out to the coast
Where the sun had been
One wouldn't have known
That as rain doused me
Fires raged 'cross the bay