I wish you could be here, love. Though rain can be beautiful, too ...

Raindrops sleeping in a cloud
Breathing ocean’s vapor
Eating ocean’s salt
Growing steadily strong
With storms and winds
Bursting with love
Becoming a precious gift
From the sky to earth
Nourishing grass and trees
And plants and flowers
Pouring in oceans, lakes and rivers
Celebrating its life
Tap dancing on window panes
And singing with the wind
Before falling down to the ground
As sunshine dries the air
And raindrops disappear

Gloria Buono (c) 2005

*hugs you back gently*