Summer Rain

Outside it rains Sitting in my porch I watch, The elements mix and mingle Kneading the pulverized dust This is summer rain. It comes and goes Like teenage romance Licking rising flames of heat It sinks fast into the mud Promising new sprouts of green Sieving deeper into my mind Reviving faded dreams! Rain drops flop and break Over boulders and flow downwards Raising the scent of roasted earth Mixing with the smell of fresh Jasmine I hear the roar of wind Trees casting leaves by its current Spectres of green spiralling down And flown hither and thither I watch the race of truant clouds And how they collide on their track Breeding florescent light and rumbling sound Like a small firework in the sky I hear the rain all around Hold it in my palm Feel the thrill of the first firm grip of my love And my senses aglow with a soothing calm These summer drops carry such grace How the starved earth sucks them in! On asphalt roads how they glide and dance And how quickly disappear out of sight As I look on, the rain stops And its rattle suddenly stilled Like a beautiful concert Abruptly closed, leaving waves of joy! The sky that peered through veils of grey Beamed and brightened once again With all its ache washed away In the purging tears of crystal drops!