I wish I could paint

Rain I love you

Cold weather I adore you with chattering teeth
And every breath looks like a cloud
Like I'm smoking

The wet streets
Make every step a special one
because the earth is now a diamond
A transcendent gem

And the sound of water hitting asphalt
is a rich symphony
It is a harp
moving up and down scales in such a flourish
The sounds like heaven

Rain I love you

When my too long shoe laces are getting soaked
I can barely hear you through my hood
Turn back now before you overwhelm me

I love you rain because you are so very neutral
but so very confident
No judgmental double standards
you don't care who is damp

Whether it's the old lady asking for change
or the four intellectuals beside her
debating whether the government
should give her a chance
The rain will cover every one of them

It's beautiful to me
How folks run from shelter to shelter
and I wanted to laugh all the while

The leaves on the ground are brown
the leaves in the trees are green
the bare trees are naked gray
and mountains are speckled white with snow

A true masterpiece
You know,
I wish I could paint
(all the best writers did, I bet)
maybe then I could be good company

Rain I love you
because you weep for us all.