rain

bouts of rain

all the sudden rain little droplets substantial enough falling down like wind chimes resounding on a puddle look closely becomes a pond look closely becomes a lake look closely ripples out to the edges and the trees wave hello from my favorite spot look closely find an unexpected surprise that no one can predict magic…

clouds that move across the sky forming shapes raindrops fall down to the ground filling divets and indentations with water covering soaking through until they form pools with rippling edges reverberating back sprinkles from the sky refreshing the world’s greenery

cloud of rain

cloud of rain drifts past city lights and then onward to home where the hills turn green

raindrop resting

raindrop hangs from a leaf as if about to drop but it stays there glistening in the light thunder cracks and all around rain covers the ground yet the drop stays it waits until the dew condensing collides and then finally it makes a splash

raindrop home

i am inside a raindrop i live in it it is exhilarating to fall from the sky people don’t know this but as you’re falling the world comes into view yet backwards — isn’t that interesting? before i lived in the raindrop i never would have expected this yet here we are people don’t realize–…

scent of rain

sweet and heady and full water filling in space until the surfaces the indentations and grooves all the cracks and crags are filled to the brim scent after rain is gentle it lingers and moves in a way that only it can do mixed with dirt and wind that has died down mixed with plants…

sometimes when it rains

Sometimes when it rains, you get wet. Sometimes, when the water flowed up from the banks and pushed past forests and bushes and little flowers. Sometimes, when it seemed there was no place for shelter. Sometimes, when she found a place between rocks and did her best to hug herself into a smaller version of…

extraction wounds

There was no one around. It was a small cabin that no one knew about and no one could find. Outside, rain dripping down soaking everything in sight. A hard knock at the door, but the woman lying on the floor couldn’t get up. Stuck between worlds, this one was. The knock came again. She…