Summer Rain

Grey blankets the clear blue sky;
The earth grows colder without the sun.
It shakes by the storm's quick demand
To remind the people of darker days.
In one swift moment Heaven pours out
Her thoughts and worries with a storm,
Instant and spreading to all ends of the earth.
People grow silent, the rare thunder in command 
And rain lashing damp faces lest people forget.
All in one moment-yet in the following
The clouds all part to either side,
The sun too bright for one to stare 
Into the Heavens, glimmering with light,
And witness each raindrop's slowing descent
To reaching blades of grass knowing
No better joy than the cool, summer rain.