Overcast morning
Cars threading through a gray fog
Imminent downpour
Tag: rain
Burden
Like a rain-beaten bird
looking to roost on light branches,
yet driven to fly again
as each one breaks
beneath its feet.
Feathers growing more drenched.
Shelter
A cozy cafe
Invites cold patrons inside
Coffee against rain
Rain
Dark spots on asphalt
Traces of an overnight storm
The city slept through
Rain Walk
into the gentle rain
the mist a delicate veil
the world seems a slow heartbeat
sending rhythmic indolence
to my marching toes
Magnolias in Mid-April
beaten by a week’s harsh rain
magnolia blossoms
wither and brown
while budding green leaves
make their attempts
at succor
The City at 2AM
at last, the lashing rain abates
the howling wind creeps away
tail between its legs
and in the distance
a truck treads and parts slow
puddles in urban lullaby
windows fogged, and silent
Mirrors
raindrops cleanse
on a cloudy day
I forsake my reflection
and see farther
Cloudy with a chance of rain
today, all is in suspense
the deserted streets
and the pregnant clouds
hushed and unwilling
to allow the pitter-patter
of rain
Shelter
Little leaf upon the tree
I spy you from my window
and sigh to think of the rain
which runs so easily
over your veins
while I must take shelter.
RED GLADIOLA 