The Unexpected Thunderstorm

The weatherman warns
of a coming flight 

of spectacular
thunder-and-lightning storms,

uncommonly ferocious, 
widely scattered.

          * * *

One for me? 
A long-shot penny from heaven?

          * * *

The fruits of my vigil:
horizon lightning, 

a mumble of thunder
a spittle of drizzle.

I call it a night
feeling an old man's echo

of a teenager's heartache:
wronged, deceived, dismayed 

that the unexpected
hadn't happened.