Rain-

We took no notice of a sky turning gray Upon the ever changing, brooding afternoon The rain at last, that finally tiptoed in We almost missed the laughter, but for leaves That murmured quick surprise along the eaves And tapped with chatter on the window-pane But having heard, we left our cozy place And stepped outside into the evening air To feel the slope of rain upon our faces And could even hear the rustling trees Pitter patter, dripping laughter With song of raindrops in the night ~ prelude to bedtime rain comes as a child behind leaden eyes and indignation sky puckers up with an angry brow and brooding face sputtering with warm tears- howling pleas day weeps til’ night sleeps ~ Do not cry or lament the rain Just look for where the rainbow begins ~ a sobering sky spills a tear upon the dust... earth's quivering chin ~ Free Verse/Nonet/Crystalline/Haiku