I Miss

In the midst of fiery crises
I miss cool, shady oases
O, Fountain, spring forth your fresh water
revive my land to evergreen

O, Abdim's storks, will you perch my neem?
O, white-feather, flaunting egrets
harbingers of rain,
and night croaking toads,
I've missed your glad tidings again

In the midst of hot desert dunes
I miss monsoons
and rows of sorghum
demarcated by a sorrel hedge

I miss evening drizzles
and their running clouds
nightly torrents 
and showers between sunshines
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Dietrich Avatar
December 29, 2021 at 11:33 AM
Outstanding work. I shall give this a fave. Welcome to Soup. I hope you can post many more poems.
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