If Only Rain Would

IF     ONLY     RAIN     WOULD  

I   always desired  Rain - but this girl needed   freedom  light as air.  
I heard  her tapping on my bedroom window there.
She, she teased my neck with  cool fingers  in the dark;
She remained;  her kiss mark, lip mark, love mark.

If Rain came to me from heaven’s blue lake
She’d swiftly swoop and slake
My desert hot and dry with her founts,  
Riding her  mighty floating white mounts,
Filling me with her life-giving moisture.
But she wouldn’t let me her cloister. 

My  desiccated  seared  nothingness, 
My  empty  wearied hopelessness,
My lifeless  parched skeleton-seeds lying here  would
Be fleshed to flower in her flowing flood -
My barren world would be petal-carpeted.
But all my blooms would unrequited
Be without her liquid passion -
In a Rain-less world of aborted proliferation.

If my beautiful Rain would make love 
As if the heavens had trumpeted it above,
Drawing from me the essence waiting to germinate
In  her  fertile nectar  in  spate,
Then my grounded seeds would burst with rapture
As  Rain  stooped my heart to capture.

…………………………………………………………..

Written by Sydney Peck 
for the competition  “RAIN  -  THE STORY” 
( A Rambling Poet)

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010



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Date: 1/16/2011 7:53:00 PM
Congratulations on your fine win in Constance's contest, Sydney! Always, Annalise
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Date: 1/14/2011 9:31:00 AM
Congratulations Sydney on your win in A Rambling Poet's contest "Rain,The Story". Love, Carol
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Date: 1/13/2011 4:33:00 PM
Very romantic write here. VEry interesting winning poem for sure! Congratulations.
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Date: 1/13/2011 12:15:00 PM
Such a romantic story behind your poem, Syd. When this man needed something to nourish his heart, he found Rain! Wonderful metaphors here. Congratulations on your win, my friend. Love, Carolyn
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Date: 1/13/2011 6:41:00 AM
Congratulations on this well deserved win in the contest of Constance, Sydney
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Date: 1/13/2011 3:25:00 AM
thumbs up, sydney... beautifully woven tale!! cheers for bagging a great win in the contest!! : ) nette
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Date: 1/12/2011 9:20:00 PM
Many Congrats Sydeny on big win with this imaginative verse.Best wishes/Luv - Hitendra Mehta
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Date: 1/12/2011 8:40:00 PM
Congrats Syd on your wonderful win in the Rain Story contest with this exquisite entry my friend.. enjoy another top ten victory for a top notch poem..with luv..
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Date: 12/28/2010 9:42:00 AM
passionata supreme, sydney... lovely, dazzling look at romance... whew!! best winning wishes in the contest!! :) nette
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