distance
but what if the rains never come
she said
and of course, i had no answer
wanting to say
i promise
but instead
changed the subject
to ice cream
and good books
as the hard scorched earth
burned up through
the soles of my flip-flops
tomato plants wilted
we talked of dinner
and sucked on ice cubes
from empty glasses
of lemonade
and there was not one cloud
in the sky
July 14th, 2012 at 9:31 am
Such a lovely, gentle opening of the heart. Guardian of Wonder.
July 14th, 2012 at 9:40 am
i felt every word …
so perfect.
xxo
pg
July 14th, 2012 at 10:53 am
Sounds like the way it was here in TX last summer… now it’s raining a lot… five days in a row.
July 14th, 2012 at 12:11 pm
I love reading your poetry.
This one is fantastic. I like the way you captured the essence of this time of year.
July 14th, 2012 at 12:13 pm
May that sweet rain arive soon…
July 14th, 2012 at 12:16 pm
Oh this is soft…promises n distances. Nice.
July 14th, 2012 at 1:22 pm
so sweet….today we had clouds early and it felt beautiful. they said it rained last night at 4am for 5 minutes. we need so much more than that….xo
July 14th, 2012 at 3:12 pm
So sweet.
We have had rain for several weeks now, not a summer to remember thus far.
July 15th, 2012 at 2:53 pm
[…] in these moments all moments really […]
July 15th, 2012 at 6:17 pm
There’s definitely clouds here . . . storm clouds!
July 16th, 2012 at 11:32 am
This just makes me yearn for the rain! Nice!
July 16th, 2012 at 12:02 pm
oh heck…felt this with every single fibre in my body.. distance kills like a fierce drought…
July 16th, 2012 at 12:13 pm
oy i feel your heat…and we were there the other week…we got rain last week and what a break it has been to have cooler weather…until today and we are back to over 100….