a part of a great over-soul

there are people who say 

that only humans have souls 

others say that everything has a soul 

or is a part of a great over-soul 

and yet there are others 

who don’t believe in souls at all 

last night a hard storm came 

and knocked out the electricity for hours 

i didn’t light a candle 

i sat in the total darkness 

listening to the rain and wind 

wrapped in an old blanket 

-jobe