The clouds flicker electric and the rain spills down
charges of bass plowing the thick sky
I jump off the porch
and grasp the earthly gravitation of the grass
such strength rooted in tiny slick strands
urging my toes to grip on and hold me down.
I dance for the rain and ask it to make me beautiful for you,
beg it to lend me some of its dark shimmer
and I spin and spin and
stop
just in time to see you on the step.
Happy breaks across your face
creasing your freckles and sparking your eyes
and you laugh and I laugh
hoping it will cause you to laugh again.
The warm rain sinks in deeper and chills my insides
I think of what it might be like
to be wrapped in you
and this causes me to shiver more.