it started off as a small light,

growing only slightly in size in

under a second.

it glowed in an orange hue,

and then within a microsecond

the whole world was black,

there was nothing.

within a nanosecond,

it happened.

and just like that, within

a zeptosecond, the world

was shaken from its slumber

with the loudest clap of thunder

it had ever witnessed.

it was as if a switch was flipped

and electricity was pumped

through the entire earth.

sending a shock wave through

every living organism in its path.