she used near-inaudibility

to keep me on my toes and in check

and it gave her opportunities to correct me

no

i said I heed you

not i hate you

..

i asked her to speak up

and then i learned of her wicked wit

for she levitated two yards above my head

and was harder to hear than ever

i had no clue what she was saying

itay not even have been words

..

then she tilted her head back

to speak up to the sky

or to a deity of rumbling thunder

and then i heard her clearly

as she declaimed I AM AS WELL

and the heavens or clouds parted

and lightning struck her

as a celestial voice responded

TRUE.

SO?

..

she was unharmed by the lightning

but miffed by the dismissiveness

so she began murmuring again

as she settled close enough

to breathe her voice into my face

several place t emse ves ab ve us

but i choose to be at your sigh

..

then she faded into the air around me

her disembodied face lingering by my ear

as she whispered find me

and was then gone