POEM

RAIN

(Imagination of a Child)

Rain… Rain… you are mine!

Rain! Sometimes, you are fine.

Rain! Sometimes, you bring pain.

Rain! Are you dwelling in the sky?

Rain! Why do you come down to the earth as drops?

Rain! Are you crying in grief?

Rain! Who has troubled and beaten you—

your mother or father?

Rain! Are your tears falling

on the earth as raindrops?

Rain! Why do you sometimes fall angrily

on the earth with a horrifying sound?

Rain! Are frightening thunder and lightning

your friends or foes?

Rain! Your rhythmic falling drops

are beautiful to the eyes,

and soothing to the heart and mind!

Rain! I am immensely fond of you

and want to see you every day!