3 August 2012
Summer rain
Drench me
To my
Parched
Yearning skin
Bring relief
From cloying
Dust, heat
Clothes sodden
Sticking, slicking
As I shiver
Goosebumps
From the
Sudden
Drop in
Temperature
Light breeze
Lifts my skirt
Licks at my
Exposed arms
Legs
Summer dress
Quick shower
Hair dripping
Glasses misted
Beads of water
Running down
Streaked lenses
Soaked through
Menacing rumble
Of discontented
Thunder
Somewhere
Distant
Creeping, sneaking
Towards me
Bundled up
Camouflaged
In low-grey
Clouds
Promise of a storm
A sea-change
Of more
Summer rain.
Summer Rain • Opuss № I