Night Palace

I saw lightning last night But heard nothing The whole half of the sky flashed a couple times But no rain No sheet metal rolling Living close to the ground I talk back to birds way more than I used to A spirit world found Out past Where belief blows away I saw flashing I saw plumes of smoke I put the kid to bed I wash dishes in the night Nobody burns like me at the sink Looking out on the world This lightning inside I'm in love with the last of the light However long I have left in life And so what if no one ever finds this notebook