Why I Loved Carolyn Devonshire's Rain and Stardust
Carolyn's imagination could soar like no one I have ever read, bringing the reader along on a magical journey! I firmly conclude, she sits, even now, upon her White Stallion, visiting all the wonders she imagined, bestowing us all with her love, as she always signed off her comments with.
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Furious with Zeus, a vengeful Hera searched the world
Until she discovered the most amazing young girl
~~A Native American with hair dark as the night
Atop a white steed she traversed mountains snowy white~~
“Let there be stardust,” the Goddess proclaimed with force
And the woman was stunned, soaring on a flying horse
“Let there be rain,” Hera chose to give her power
The girl rode above clouds, below her rain did shower
Forever Rain on Stardust would travel through the sky
With the powers of a Goddess as she rode on high
To shower blessings of rain on villages so dry
Rain sees the past and future, though she does not know why
The outcome surely not as Hera had intended
Zeus became enamored of Rain’s presence so splendid
He kissed the sky beneath her with bright rainbow arches
Today you still see them wherever Stardust marches
A Goddess rides now, but sweet Rain was once just human
And she remains bewildered by her own acumen
Olympian rulers outdone by their creation
For Rain and Stardust yet win human acclamation
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Carolyn's poem submitted by James Marshall Goff
Copyright © James Marshall Goff | Year Posted 2010
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