Trembles So Slightly

 Brief break of sunshine
After night of heavy rain;
Then, the clouds close in.

 

This very window
Through which the universe comes--
Faces me again.

 

My rhododendron--
Flowers are now skeletons;
Leaves are still thirsty.

Tall grasses have bowed
Under the heavy rain's weight.
Buttercups stand up.

Swollen rushing stream
Tumbles swiftly to somewhere--
Perhaps an ocean.

Drop of rain water
Suspended in a spider's web
Trembles so slightly.

Moist smell fills the air;
Puddles run by the road side;
Forest seems darker.

 

Four friends have stopped me;
Each driving by in their car.
My lone walk is blessed.