Rain

The clouds roll in from the distance
Dark and foreboding
Lights dance amongst them
The air becomes cold and unsettled
As if in fleeing before the coming storm
The sun is blotted from the sky
Night falls early
The sky rumbles as if the gods were at war
I stare transfixed
I do not feel the cold
I do not feel the wind
I do not fear the storm
I wait
One drop, two
Scouts, searching ahead, all is clear
The pace increases
All around is the sound of rain
Other noises are muffled, unimportant
I turn my face to the sky, scanning the dark clouds
CRACK!
A bolt of light leaps to the ground and back to the heavens
It struck close, I feel the earth tremble
I walk barefoot through the grass, absorbing the sensations
Feeling the energy in the air, the living force that is nature
The rain washes over me
Lightening my spirit
I have lost the ability to cry
So nature does it for me
She cries for all those who do not understand
Those who never experience her beauty
Her power
I am soaked through
The rain comes hard now
Some of the drops have frozen
Ice pelts me with thousands of blows
It hurts, but not as much as I hurt inside
I reach out to the energies around me 
Pulling them into myself
Replacing those that life has stolen from me
I do not ask for much
And she gives freely
I do not fear her power
I do not worry 
I trust her
For I love her
I thank her for what she gives to me
The strength to go on
The love I need to care
And the humbleness I need to help others
The pace slackens
A few straggling drops fall upon my upturned face
Clouds run swiftly away
Stars peek through the dark veil
The winds calm
The storm has passed
I return to my life and await the next storm

-megazone, appreciating nature, 7/25/92