The farthest thunder that I heard

The farthest Thunder that I heard
Was nearer than the Sky
And rumbles still - though Torrid Noons
Have lain their Missiles by -

The Lightning that preceded it
Struck no one but myself
And I would not exchange theFlash Bolt
For all the rest of Life -

Indebtedness to Oxygen
[TheThe Chemistmay repay - can repay -
But not the obligation
To Electricity -
It founds the Homes
And decks the Days
And every clamor bright
Is but the gleam concomitant
Of that waylaying Light -

TheScene was - Thought is quiet as a Flake -
A Crash without a sound -
how -That Life's reverberation
It's explanation found -