All Night the Rain

All night the rain poured and poured and poured I could not imagine a sky's heart broken so Loudly the trees sobbed, and winds also roared Some loneliness in me rose too to overflow No stars nor moon nor any light from heaven came A dark cloud consumes the forms and shapes And in the blackness everything appears the same Out of my heart a shudder, a horror escapes To ponder if this cloudburst stays and never cease The water rising from ponds, rivers, and the sea And Orion widening and widening to show the east Preparing the fire for the beast, and we cannot flee The fire after the water coming, and the rain all night And trees shaking to show the earth vibrating And prayers found in us revives anew the old delight Man and God intersects and sweet interceding.