A Prayer For Rain

Drifting grey clouds

Drape the dark skies

Once again, playfully promising

A heavy downpour

Arid earth stirs excitedly

For the onslaught

Of rain and drought  relief!

“Alas! Not again!”

Mourns Earth with outrage

As thunder clouds drift

Steadily, showing patches

Of blue skies adorned

With rays of golden glow

Thereby dampening all hopes of rain!

“Why such fury?”

Bemoans Mother Earth

Creatures here below

Pray for rain and relief

To heal the parched land

Of its bareness and aridity

Oh! Lord, send us rain!

Signs of promise

Come and vanish

As man continues to pray

For the precious downpour

To redeem Earth of its adversity!