Speare Earth Poetry Poet Didactic

Rain

Rain


*Lightening and thundering in the heavens
Aves scattered about in the  darkening clouds
In search of refuge 
It will rain and the bird's foot shall never touch water,
The river soon to go into unrest*



At times
We tarry awhile
For your arrival
Other times
You come uninvited;
Breaking the soil in violence,
Drizzling continuously 
Varying neither in volume nor
In speed.

On such days, 
When you rain screaming cats
And drowning fishes,
The sun 
In no circumstances say good morning
Or else bon nuit
Telling time becomes a watch's sole duty.
The clouds wears a blackish grey cloth
Like an ibo woman mourning 
The death of her husband 
who died young and rich.

In the square miles 
Go slow...
Horns honk
Head and rare lights blare 
Red and yellow at different intervals 
Port holes welled into streams
Gutters sing melancholic songs in a rush 
Whilst the drainage systems become unsufficient 
Leaving part of the city waterlogged .
Pubs and bars littered with both 
Pile of burnt cigar ends, emptied bottles
And People mos sickly from the cold
Wearing thick sweaters 
Hand gloves, shoes at all times
And
Exploiting all avenues to fornicate.

Whilst in the landly
A farmer's one true nightmare 
Becomes a very sour and sad reality;
The lepers, women and
Aged are grateful for water, rain water
The fisherman stays at home
A hunter lives content
Rain
Is a blessing and a curse 
"But if it becomes too much
Implies the gods are displeased with us"
A conjurer's avenue to get fatten.






Godwin Henry Osaigbovo Pa Shakespeare

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