Rain Drops

Sky opens his cloudy gates

And rain drops slip 

Like a little child running to

Seek the world of thrill

As soon as mother slides

The back yard door wide.

Little water bubbles 

Float in small puddles

Scattered raindrops

Jump on concrete floor

A show of dancing manikins

Cheering their birth and demise

In a moment of flowing time.

Soothing is rain 

For a heart laden with pain

Water streaming in a rhythm 

At par with theatrical manikins

subdues my chattering mind

In a calm silence.

Rain stops and clouds move out

Leaving the earth wet and fresh

Sun shines on ivory rose petals

A tiny rain drop flinches

Fights a loosing battle

It's blissful existence

Vanishes in front of my eyes

To become a nebula in amber sky.

Southern breeze shakes the rose bush

The little rain drops slip and slide

Playing the last game of their lives

I put my palm under a leaf 

To catch one shivering petrified drop

My love lick becomes a kiss of death

The icy form disappears on my lips.     

The cool touch stays with me 

Sensitizing my inner being

Some day the little rain drop

Will return to float in my eye

As a warm tear drop to cure my blight.

Written on 

1.26.2014