Raindrops falling in late spring's humid heat
from a darkened sky form
a silhouette deep as the deep grey clouds
                 of my hope, as I wait
wondering what depth these cool drops will soak
in earth's thirsty core, to my core also;
water's light speckled sound feels unceasingly gentle
on skin or ground, how deep will it enter into me?
Evening, sometimes quiet whispers of a secret self
call from below the soil, hoping
the rain will awaken a longburied question
from that one exigent curiosity, a multitude of answers
each one a colour, a note, to form one small
integral part of me




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