Coup De Foudre

They say you can smell it

the promise

fills the air

with burning wires

melting plastic

and the searing

sting

of

chlorine

clean

before

 the lightning

strikes

the sweet 

the sharp

ozone zing

lingers

like perfume

as

she passes by

a storm in the making

moist

and

warm

all her edges

humid with sweat

and

want

OctPoWriMo 2022  Day 2

* Coup de Foudre (Fr)-stroke of lightning; a sudden unforeseen event, in particular an instance of love at first sight.

*Photo Courtesy of Marie-Laure SOUQ