The White Lightning

My summer holidays were starting.

Suddenly there was lightning.

It was a big white flash

It was a big white flash

It cut the sky into two halves

which made a jerk in my calves.

It seemed to be the last day

For the people near the bay.

It sounded like an earthquake.

People cried for heaven’s sake.

But still I enjoyed the lightning,

When my summer holidays were starting.

Taha Iqbal, VI-L