for love: thunder

it was hard to see tonight,
through the windshield,
as i drove home in this storm.
tonight the sky opened up
and let fall,
everything it had inside-
rain and hail and lightning
in sheets and forks.
and i drove home
through puddles
and anything else
lying in the way.
it was hard to see
through the windshield
because of the storm.
you told me you loved
someone else,
and i left,
and it started to rain,
and now the puddles are deep,
and i can hear them
ripping my car from underneath
as i drive through them.