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Sunday, November 11, 2018

A Rainy Afternoon


A Rainy Afternoon

By May Kwek 

The rain hums just outside
The world’s cast in a grey light
As the clouds shift in the unshifting sky
And the wind passes sleepily by

The air is cool, the breeze is sweet
The earth and rain in rhythm meet
To form a soothing symphony
Which fills the ears so pleasantly

To this stage bold birds fly
Between the rain, against the sky!
And to those peering through windows
Their forms appear as darting shadows

That dance and rise, that swoop and fall
There for a moment or maybe not at all
For the rain provides its own curtain
And behind its veils the dancers are hidden

Till the rain eases and all we can see
The buildings, the people, the birds, the trees
And with one last chord that strains and falls
The symphony sounds its final call

For the wind soars high and blows away
The clouds to rain another day
And as they drift away without a care
They leave a memory that they were there

Copyright © 2018 by May Kwek