rain

I remember green and white capped in grey

Invisible through rain that fell so hard it sang

The ending of oppressive heat

The rain with so much noise that it brought peace

The cold thundering beats against my skin

It gathers in my hair

I want this like the sailor wants the sea

It is the only thing that makes this small place home

I am a child who stands small and can only see the sheets of rain

I wonder what the drops would feel like

Running through my beard, catching in my hair

How the droplets find the breadth of shoulders and the straightness of my back

I wait for too long a Summer

I don't know how home's rain will find me

The drizzle cannot hold me

and I cannot wait for the heat to end