Summer Rain

neck sticky palms slick feet bare waiting in the heat clouds roll in little by little blocking the sunlight filling the air people run scrambling to get inside screen doors snapping at their heels I stay put closing my eyes smelling the humid air hearing the thunder growl the first raindrop hits my cheek a second hits my eyebrow a third splashes my neck the downpour begins a smile evolves on my lips hot rain streams down my face my back my hair my toes my feet fly across wooden decks gravel roads concrete slabs muddy paths rain cleanses the Earth sets me free from the oppressive heat and leaves me renewed the air cools down the rain turns icy it’s time to go but we’ll meet again some other day