Long-Awaited
The sifting sunlight
taunts the sea.
Its meager light plays tricks.
Those crooked rays of shadows fade
behind some distant mountain,
but I, beneath the shrinking sun,
take pleasure in dark skies;
as long-awaited clouds rise up
to assuage my love for rain.
Copyright © Celeste Butler-Mendez | Year Posted 2009
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