Last night the rain spoke to me

It pattered against my skin

And rocked my house

Each drop skydived

With wishful thinking

And hope and faith instilled

In every leap off the gray clouds

The drops broke their fall

With soft green leaves

And I sat under them

Under the birch limb

Or danced to the rhythm of the rain

And in me I felt freedom

Flowing through my veins

Like water and it was all around me

And above this layer of water

Somewhere

Is a clear sky with thousands of stars

Centered by a beautiful moon

Looking down from the heavens

On its dancing children

Last night the rain spoke to me

It said; laugh, love and live.