Rain and Stardust

. **** ** ** ** ** ** ** Furious with Zeus, a vengeful Hera searched the world Until she discovered the most amazing young girl ~~A Native American with hair dark as the night Atop a white steed she traversed mountains snowy white~~ “Let there be stardust,” the Goddess proclaimed with force And the woman was stunned, soaring on a flying horse “Let there be rain,” Hera chose to give her power The girl rode above clouds, below her rain did shower Forever Rain on Stardust would travel through the sky With the powers of a Goddess as she rode on high To shower blessings of rain on villages so dry Rain sees the past and future, though she does not know why The outcome surely not as Hera had intended Zeus became enamored of Rain’s presence so splendid He kissed the sky beneath her with bright rainbow arches Today you still see them wherever Stardust marches A Goddess rides now, but sweet Rain was once just human And she remains bewildered by her own acumen Olympian rulers outdone by their creation For Rain and Stardust yet win human acclamation ~~%%%%%% _,_, ~~%%%%%% -"/./ ~~%%%%%-' / `. ~~%%%%%%' . ,__; ~~%%%%%%' : \O\ ~~%%%%%%' : `. ~~%%%%%%' `. _, ' ~~%%%%%%' .'`-._ `. ~~%%%%%%%' : `-. (,; ~~%%%%%%' : `._\_.' ~~%%%' ; *By Carolyn Devonshire Entry for “Rain, the Story” A contest sponsored by Constance La France ~ A Rambling Poet ~