Unexpected Ode

Ode to Rain

Sitting I see the rain play down my window pane,

The clouds that shadow the sky

Let your heavy load gracefully fall

Let the burden you carry

Let the stress that confides you,

Let it all fall.

Let the drops become rain

Let the rain become a downpour,

Allow the storm to wash away the worries

The quenching earth,

Mother of all,

Let her take all your burdens and make new life,

Take the load off your shoulders

Make the new seed grow

Unearth all the soiled dreams

The dreams no one knew were there

Give the dark soil new life

Give the tree a place to watch

Give the rose a chance to love

Give the grass a chance to spread its soft velvet coat.

But with all things you have to go

The winds don’t stay still for long

The clouds grow lighter,

Soft and dry,

The wind plays with them as they skip across the sky

Sunlight takes your place and kisses my face

I know that you will come again

When the earth calls for you

When the soiled dreams become covered

When the clouds have had enough

You will come again.