Lightning Strike

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Clouds pregnant with rain.

Luna dressed in satin robes of cloud,

Hiding in the depths of the night sky.

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Zeus threw his mighty bolt.

The world was seen in a moment's brightness –

A god's game,

A king's battle,

A mortal's death.

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Gold-gilded thrones,

Mud-coated soldiers,

Blood-soaked fields.

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Luna's lost innocence,

Clouds torn away –

Opened by the winds –

Rain pouring down.

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Zeus screamed thunderously.

The screams of Luna,

The screams of kings,

The screams of mortals.

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The night was vicious and violent,

Clouds empty of their children,

A realm of striking stillness.

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~ Pepper