Rain Dance In October
The rooftops are damp and slick
reflective mirrors of the rain
droplets large, globular, heavy and thick
flow down the rafters to the ground terrain.
Splashes of water tap and cling
brushing leaves and branches in back and front
released dry leftovers that slap of summer and spring
long passed the chill shivering stunts .
Glistening in pale yellowed light
the trees canopy the scene
waving in soft gentle breezes bright
that waltz on the air in search of holiday dreams.
There is a drumming in the wind,
a subtle rhapsody of sound in retreat
setting a patterned flow to a once quiet din
in some hidden syncopated beat.
Stiff and silent the flowers unseen
stand staunch, stationary and mute
like stranded stickles and bladed greens
unearthed by the autumn melody refute.
More wily and free from duties
others dance bold and unrestrained,
frail loose stemmed misplaced beauties
drenched in rhythm to rise and flow in the hardened rain.
Wind spinners unrelenting rotate fast and slow
wet with saturating drops held in a trance,
loitering on the leaves and wind awaiting snow
anxious to be part of a change and a seasonal rain dance
Copyright © DM Babbit | Year Posted 2017
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