God takes selfies too

inspired by a lightning flash

God 

takes selfies too 

you know

with flash enabled 

and 

in between each 

take

we will count 

100

200

300

...

Author's Note

The countdown refers to a local Irish custom of counting between flash of lightning and rumble of thunder. Counting is done each time a flash occurs. If the count is longer than the previous count then the storm is said to be moving away from the 'counter'.

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

love the theme ..language and simplicity .. what is it that Jesus/God said? we must be as children to enter heaven? ... i think it is not probably a conscous thing but that you start with the mention of the biggest possible imaginable and the form of your poem drops to a very small "..." which i can easily interpret as a path to the very same thing .. that this came to you in a flash ;) is very cool ... how far away was that storm my friend?
E.

[Tony Jordan]

Bayjaysus I missed this review E!
Wow I never noticed that and I'm grateful to you for pointing it out my friend. It was not planned.

The storm was on top of us but we always say the storm 'is heralding good weather' and we did get a few days (which is a whole Irish Summer lol).

Thank you E!
God Bless

[Einstein Noodle]

:) ......................

[John Alexander McFadyen]

A flash of brilliance indeed my man! Neat, inspired and fun.

[Tony Jordan]

Just a little ditty to attract a certain pest's fire John.
Much appreciated my friend.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, and those flashes sound loud and light up the sky...

this is so clever.
j.

[Tony Jordan]

hah - you're not catching me out this time J. The thunder makes the sound...

I appreciate your visit master poet (and friend to all)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, the sound is thunder, but the flash taking the selfie is the lightning....good combination.
read moreyes, the sound is thunder, but the flash taking the selfie is the lightning....good combination.

j.

[Pete]

nice. when i was young, we would say that thunder was him bowling to keep from being scared.

yes - after you see a flash of lightning, count the number of seconds until you hear the thunder. For every 5 seconds the storm is one mile away. this is cute. :)

[Tony Jordan]

I had or rather we had no narrative - which is weird for such an inventive nation - just the primordial fear eking out of the hypothalamus and down the trouser...lol
Thank you Pete. :)

[Dr. YumnaKay]

Maybe I should ask God to teach me how to take selfies then lmao I'm probably the only one in my generation who doesn't know how to 😶😛

Seems like a stormy weather you are in which inspired this, Tony ;)

[Tony Jordan]

I can take them but I dont take them lol.
I love the phrase 'stormy weather'. In Belfast there was once a streetfighter called Stormy Weather and he fought a legendary bare-knuckle fist fight in the street with another 'street fighter' (yes the Irish love to fight !! lol) called Buck Alec, who would walk a Lion instead of a dog.
Thank you Yumna - your selfies are the poetic type.
xD

[Dr. YumnaKay]

And here I was, I thought the Irish are only good at wooing people lmao 😜😂😂
Interesting fact ;)
Haha the poetic selfies - nice term :p
You're welcome, TJ 😊

[barleygirl]

Brilliant like a flash of lightning! *wink! wink!* Love your creative way of seeing the world.

[Tony Jordan]

Thank you BG. Being stuck inside makes me think lol.
(hugs)

[barleygirl]

I wuz sitting here reading & reviewing when a wild baby cottontail bunny just walked in my open front door & came over to me, about a foot away! Just happened! These are the things that spark my mojo! (((HUGS)))

[Tony Jordan]

Wow - so beautiful - the young of all species are so very untainted by life.
Thank you for sharing that BG.

[Ana B.]

oh this is just too good! funny, yet underneath pretty wise :)

[Tony Jordan]

Thank you for seeing the funny side and the other side (which eluded me lol)
I appreciate your reviews my dear friend.