During the last couple of weeks we've had some much needed rain. I wrote a poem last year to express the refreshing nature of a rain after a long dry spell. God’s Symphony
The land is parched and dry
beneath the summer sun
and one might question,
why its been so long since rain
has spattered softly in the dust
until the droplets blend
in numbers large enough to
soak the crust and run in rivulets
steaming in the heat with
pitter, patter beat
backed up by lights
behind gray clouds
and roar of distant tympani?
First pianissimo, then forte
as the lightning cymbals crash
and drum roll thunder shakes
the core.
The howling wind joins in
for harmony and takes the
movement down to pianissimo
once more
then fades to blue.
Dennis Price
