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.