When Raindrops Fall

Pitter patter on rain polished pavements Tears straggling down window panes The rattle of ricocheting raindrops on galvanised rooftops Spiralling eddies in bull's eye puddles Umbrellas ,shields fending off the sharpness Of blasts of non-stop water bullets Insidiously a soft drizzle penetrates Right through to the skin Producing shivery limbs And chattering teeth Transformed by the sun into glittering diamonds Which disappear with the welcome arc of the rainbow.