Rain Dance

Sun streaks peak through the blanket of clouds

Painting the sky with rainbows

There is no color like the smell of damp earth

We dance as the rain cools our sweat

Our feet splashing in puddles and pools

Warm from when the sun baked the ground

Let the rain wash away our tears and sins

Birthing life into the cracks of our broken world

That all my be anew

Birds sing, children laugh

Crickets and frogs rejoice

We have our lifeblood once more

© 2023 Marieke de Koker