I had written this poem when I had recently read the first Missing, and I needed something to submit to the annual school magazine. I decided to post it on FanFic…I hope to receive good reviews!

When Lightning Strikes

The Poem

I am walking home with my friend from school one day,

And we can see dark clouds in the sky far away.

They seem far away, but all of a sudden, it's pouring cats and dogs!

We see the lightning crack through the inky sky,

And without thinking, we take shelter under the bleachers,

Not seeing that they're steel

Then, all of a sudden, I feel this funny feel

And find myself standing five feet from where I was

And see my friend gaping at me with hanging jaws.

I realize I've been struck by the lightning,

But I feel not pain, nor discomfort–

Tingly and startled is all I feel.

My friend insists I should get to a hospital,

For she says my skin looks all pale and white and dull.

But I laugh in her face and walk on home,

Feeling ten times fitter than the Pope of Rome.

I couldn't possibly care any less,

For I know not,

That this happening will land me in a crazy distress

For awoken within me

Has a unique gift

Which is destined to soon split my normal life apart

With one simple, lethal rift.

For when I get to sleep,

I get a strange dream telling me of the whereabouts of two missing kids I've never heard of,

The ones whose faces are at the back of the milk carton.

I come out of the Land of Nod

With two full addresses in my head,

Complete with the postal code.

So I call a missing kids' agency,

And talk to a motherly woman named Rosemary.

I give her the names and addresses of the kids,

And find out the next day that they have been found

At the exact place

Where I thought they were bound.

But later on, this gift gave me nothing but trouble.

In the papers, they branded me 'Lightning Girl'

Who has been touched by 'God's Finger', and now the Feds are after me

Like I'm some sort of a precious pearl.

So much for me assuming this to be a gift,

I now beg to contradict

It is nothing but a big menace

But what to do?

I cannot rid myself of this ability

So why not just lie and get away?