Drifting grey clouds
Drape the dark skies
Once again, playfully promising
A heavy downpour
Arid earth stirs excitedly
For the onslaught
Of rain and drought relief!
“Alas! Not again!”
Mourns Earth with outrage
As thunder clouds drift
Steadily, showing patches
Of blue skies adorned
With rays of golden glow
Thereby dampening all hopes of rain!
“Why such fury?”
Bemoans Mother Earth
Creatures here below
Pray for rain and relief
To heal the parched land
Of its bareness and aridity
Oh! Lord, send us rain!
Signs of promise
Come and vanish
As man continues to pray
For the precious downpour
To redeem Earth of its adversity!