Pattering Rain

Drip….drip, misty and light, rivulets on the window, coalescing into drops

Slowly, then more quickly making their zig zag route to the sill

Tiny rainbows against the sky,

Birds gather their feathers around them, and shuffle into the leaves, onto branches, to wait it out

Splashes kick up from the ground, spreading the water widely

Cleaning off the floor but staining the walls with dirt

Sunshine pushes through,

Chasing the rain across the garden, monkeys getting married as it moves along

Refreshing the space around me

Birds call again, telling each other the local gossip

Food emerges from the ground, caught by the eagle eyes robins and starlings

Things Poetic