Oh Resplendent Rain

It started to rain, and memories flooded my mind. I knew I had to get this on paper.

Oh resplendent rain

You bring me joy with your streaks of light

And hungry growls

That flaunt your power

 

Barefoot I stand

In the soft lush green that you water

I smell memories of past

Creep up on me

 

Loved ones whose company’s lost, draws out tears

You were always there

I’m not one for nostalgia

But you break me

 

So many drops I can’t count

It goes by too fast to savor the moment

I hope you never leave

I know I ask for nonsense

 

Inhabiting in the desert

The trees dance in jubilee

You are a foreign stranger

Openly welcomed

 

You forewarn us of your approach

And the once beautiful day flees

You scare the sun and its warmth and bring us cold

The birds hide in their nests

 

Bad signs ascend

The lively shades and bursts of clouds turn white to grey

You in yourself you are beauty

But many are blind

 

For after you’re gone,

The trees are refreshed

The smell you leave is breathtaking

You bring us life and newness

 

And you leave us, our appetite insatiable