the tempest

at 2 am today i woke up to the crashing sound of thunder and unrelenting pummeling of rain. i woke up in the sense that i saw the flashing crystal-white splashing through the window of my room, but getting out of bed melded in with the dream i was having. without my contacts the lightning illuminated the rainwater rushing through the street next to my house to look like a molten stream of liquid light.