Curious World

What sort of world is this? Even my sneeze on the monitor screen Has a rainbow glowing within its bounds Holographic world indeed Then there are the sudden light shows The Aurora Borealis, and the green flashes At sunset, and countless more miracles. I once saw a thunderstorm over the ocean Both my first and last one, probably (Living hundreds of miles from any ocean) But on a vacation I got to see one To think I might have missed that: It was as if all the gods of the underworld And the gods of the waters, and of the heavens Had a disagreement, and nearly ripped a hole In creation's substance, trying to resolve it. But it was only a thunderstorm out at sea Which was such a novelty, to me. Imagine being out there on a vessel Two hundred years ago, watching that storm While being flung about by the seething ocean With no guarantee of anything- Solid ground beneath, only a fervent prayer, then. That magnificent spectacle might have been the end. One thing about nature, it is always up close and personal: You're never just a spectator on the sidelines.