Light Switch

Perched on the little white fence, her dress fluttering frantically about her knees, she stared at the lightning furiously striking the ground just across the lake. The lake was aglow with the lights from the city, twinkling in different colors. The lightning stopped for a moment and her eyes soaked in the black night around her, searching for something to momentarily hold her attention. She vaguely made out the little dust clouds sweeping across the ground and a small tumble weed rolling down the road. Her eyes flicked back to the sky as another bolt came down. It looked like a crack in the heavens showing, for a meer moment, the glory of the angels. Her soul burned just watching the amazing display of power crackling through the sky. Another bolt and the lake suddenly darkened as the city lights shut down, turning their world black. She just hopped off the fence and went inside, a smug smile on her face as she flicked on her lights.