I Looked Out At the Rain

It rained today, Dark pellets of the heaven's tears Soaking up the sounds of the earth Changing them The trees were felled Big and old, bent to the will of the water The cracked sounds of expendability Following them Floods wiped away all evidence of activity Leaving the earth shifted and soaked Feet ferrying bodies to shelter Shielding them It made me sad This washing away of things I know The clouds grey as though with sorrow Hurting them