Rain 

Droplets falling down the ground,

brushing down my face,

bathing trees and flower beds,

forming little pools of water.

Sky is grey, gloomy,

fog is dancing all around.

To me today, all feels heavy.

I wish for sun, I wish for warmth –

yet I know that’s far away.

It’s February, still.

And I can’t help but wonder

why this is the case –

when out is gloomy, heavy,

my heart, too, feels wary.

It’s just rain, I say,

it will soon go away.

I’m walking down a muddy path,

my feet are soaking wet,

water dripping off of me.

I should go home, I think,

but in that blink,

as if to tell me – Stay!

Clouds quickly sway away,

to make way

for a sun ray.

And in that moment –

colour, brightness, beauty,

all around me –

a rainbow!

How silly –

I loathe the rain,

feeling even stronger disdain.

But if there’s no rain,

how will I ever

see a rainbow?