A sudden Spring rain.

It comes all at once

A companion to contemplation Displacing the quiet stillness With a sudden fury That rattles the windows And hammers the roof;

Beyond ideas and dreams And desires and wants In case you had forgotten The great world competes With all the other things That demand attention

Though tempted By coy distractions And insistent chatter This fierce rain Reminds the senses and announces not that it exists But that you do.