Two Ways to Experience a Rainstorm

...1...
fuming clouds
spit
acid rain,
piercing through
your coat,
freezing,
stiffening your blood

wind blows
needles
at your face

the air smells of
dying worms,
stupidly
coming to the surface
for their
final
breath

as it ends,
the rain leaves a
rainbow

As if that makes it all okay.

...2...

the rain
patters
softly on the windowsill,
quenching
the thirst of the
hard
earth,
making it soft
once more

the cool drops
are perfectly round,
smooth as a pond's surface
on a cool day

flowers close their
perfect petals,
protecting their pollen
from the pure water,
cold as a freshwater spring

the beautiful shower
ends in a

Bittersweet rainbow.

written by Megan