We love the rain

When it fills our shoes

When it falls like curtains on the sea

When everything feels fertile and humid

I love the rain

When it washes down my window

When the tracks race each other over the cars

When the raindrops ripple and beat on the street

The rain

Ubiquitous, always sultry

Dark, kind

Deadly.

but when rain clears

The sky is ringing and lucid

And the air is crisp with lights.