Dancing Raindrops

t   a     p

         tip     tap

  p     l    i      n      k

        the first drops
         come dancing

   across tin roofs,
        windowpanes,
     wide leaves,
        bare skin—

     tapping out
    their quiet
       language

     on everything
       we forgot
         to feel.

                    the wind
        turns the sky
                       into a drum
       and each raindrop
                         a fingertip
                                playing jazz
                   on the glass
                            of the world.

       they leap from gutters
    swirl in sidewalk puddles
 splash laughter on parked cars
      and pirouette off petals
            like ballerinas
                practicing joy.

                         some fall
                  straight,
          obedient to gravity

    but others—rebels—  
                  bounce,
        skip,
             twist,
                 spin.

        they don’t fall.  
              they dance.

         and every drop
   carries a secret rhythm,
    a soft choreography
        of chaos and calm—

         a memory of oceans,
          a kiss of cloud-breath,
             the sigh of sky.

       listen—

   not just with ears,
     but with skin,
       with soles of feet,
         with the space
            behind your eyes.

     the rain is not noise;
            it is message.

     not a storm;
           a ceremony.

        and when you step out
             into its music,

       don’t run.
                     don’t hide.

          just lift your face,

             and dance.

     let the world
           drip

               drip

                   drip

                        away—
         and become
                 the rhythm
                       of rain.
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Rolland Avatar
May 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
beautiful and impressive poetry, enjoyed
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June 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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