A Hope For Some Showers

I stood there in the balcony; Taking a sip of my tea Gazing up at the gathering clouds And clearly I could see After weeks and weeks of scorching heat The first signs of cheerful rain And the clouds covering the sky Like a lion's bushy mane The rains are always welcome After the dragging summer days And always seem to cheer us up In some unknown ways. I stood there quite silently Just hoping for some rain But after a few moments It all seemed in vain I was about to go inside As all my hope was drained And then, oh! Bless the lord, How heavily it rained! The children in the streets All danced in the rain And jumped about, here and there As if they were insane The rains descending from heaven Gently kissed the ground And eased the tension of our busy lives With their pitter-patter sound.