A drop of rain

A drop of rain

Teach me to be blue without
A drop of paint
Teach me to fly
With no wings
Teach me to sing
A song that will make the heaven cry
And sweep me in a shower of joy
To make me another drop of rain
That can quench the earth dry
And sprout as a blade of grass
Or flow into the sea or the
Neighbouring drain
And make no Difference
To the drain or I

I see you

I saw you first with a squint
In my eyes
As you covered me in your hands wet
With love
I saw you as you fed me my first drops of life
I saw you when you made me take my first steps
Not knowing that I must fall
Again and again till I walked
I saw you as you poured love in my little basket of toys
I saw you in the rose bush all covered with white
And in the
Soothing dust on the iron doors
You kept closed
T save me from getting lost
As I licked them
I tasted. The earth and the rain
Ad I saw you in the birds that pecked about
In the garden with their chick
I saw you when you
Let me hold the kite
That touched the sky
And gave me all your marbles
You won
That I don't cry
I saw you

Dogs

Dogs

Where do I go with these dogs
There is a deluge of barks
And I sink and sink
They are hungry
And nothing
Is enough
On this valley of green
They will soon make me their
Feed
Let them
Or can I flee
And become a blade of grass
And never hear nor see
All I see are their fangs
Sharp and eyes
Desperate
And hear now their howls
Miserable
They must die
So I live
Or I must die

Refugee

I have found a place to hide
But the doors don't shut
The locks are broken
Every draught
Slams  them open
And I fear
They may
Come in
And drag me out

Who can I plead to
The wind has no ears
But arms that open closed doors
And let me out to
Mobs out there
Looking for prey