Beyond the Rain

Where have all the raindrops gone Spilling from on high? Which once would fall about my head But now my head is dry. Where have all the snowflakes gone Ambling down from space? Shivering in the winter wild And melting on my face. Where have all the rivers gone Dashing to and fro? They once would splash across the land As seaward they would go. Where have all the oceans gone To crash against the shore? All that's left is salted sand Upon a seabed floor. Where have all the rainbows gone? They lighted up the days. They once would bow and bend and reach So far the eye could gaze. Where have all the sundrops gone To energise the rain? Absent now, without a trace, And never seen again. And where have all my brothers gone? Each walked the earth with me; O'er moor and mountain, here and there, From clifftop to the sea. And where have all my sisters gone, And all the loves I've known? Disappeared, just like the rain, So, now I'm left alone. Alan S Jeeves