Falling Upward

I watch the rain flow backwards, back up into the sky. I was soaking wet and now I am dry All the moisture is gone, sucked up from the ground. Reversing rain, it makes no sound. The flowers cry, tears joining the rain As the moisture is lost, do the flowers feel pain? Their colors exhaled, only dust remains. The trees look angry, gnarled branches are bare. Colorful foliage no longer there Leaves like breath, have blown away. The birds have left, no reason to stay. The world we know, reaches it's end. Back to the sky, life's blood ascends! With each droplet, we make amends. Back to dust, we do descend Our crimes are many, the earth cries out for blood. We become part of, a different kind of flood. Now rejoined to the earth, us foolish men of mud. Questions answered, as we rise from the dead. The Earth is restored, by rivers of red. Fountain of life, no more need for rain. True Joy makes way, ending human pain Blessed are the forgiven, God mercifully reigns! Waking in a garden, within a city of light. We are clothed in garments, of brilliant white. Sins now forgotten, like dust blown away. Night and darkness, replaced by this new day Gifted new bodies, we're no longer just clay. God's promises are kept He has the final say!