February 16, 2017Poem

The hissing of summer rain

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The hissing of summer rain

It is warm thought

In summer

A cooling touch

Washing the grime away

On a hot day

Dancing in the rain

Splashing like children

Jumping with the delight

Of innocence

Laughing as water trickles

Off the tip of their nose

Picking a way through a puddle

Standing on tippy toes

Kissing raindrops

From wet lips

See how they fall

Become a deluge

Swell into a wall of mud

Tearing at a lifestyle

Stealing the promise

Of a lifetime

Breaking the banks

On a lowland floodplain

A natural response

To a wet dream

Nothing remains

As we would like it

When but for

The change of

A careless wind

The rise of

A relentless tide

The breaking of a

Summer storm

Romance

Is but one step away

From disaster