Here Comes the Rain

Rain ! Rain!! Come again Never ever go away A good harvest is what we pray (repeat 2 times) How can I with my lips motion the rain to stop drumming on my roof as it descends like clattering hoof? While the children pray to play and narrate twilight tales far into the darkness of the night, I pray for a good harvest at sight. Tonight the rain descended from heaven's stairs. It descended amidst despair, hunger and mist. Among trees and shrubs like tiny little bulbs, in rhythmic song to the disappointment of the little ones. Here comes the rain tonight bringing news of bounty at sight, green vegetables, cooked corns, ripe raisins, and brown looking wheat- for flours to make some buns. When the rain descends from among the clouds upon the meadows and upon dry beds it brings wealth to our farmland. Let those children know that their songs cannot scare the rain let them know that we in this part of the world have songs to welcome the rain. Rain ! Rain!! Come again Never ever go away A good harvest is what we pray (repeat till fade) (c) 2020 Muyideen Ayinla