#71 Lightning Never Strikes Twice

They say lightning never strikes twice.

They’re wrong.

The first time is an accident. A spark searching for ground. A random flicker of nature’s anger.

The second time?

What do you think lightning rods are for? Decoration?

No. They’re invitations. A promise that if the sky wants to scream again, it knows where to aim.

An invite.

The Empire State Building is struck hundreds of times a year. Does that mean bad luck loves tall buildings? Or does it mean something or someone wants to keep calling it back....?

Storms with no warning. Bolts that split the night in perfect symmetry. Same streets. Same houses. Same names....

It remembers the taste of the target. The smell of fear. The silence that follows the smoke.

So when the next storm rolls in, and you hear the sky whispering your name—don't presume that it 'avoids' places it’s been before.... ....or do you?