Witness to the Rain

The sky. Overcast. gray. Foreboding
Still the distant thunders shatters roiling
Music, by Titan composed.
The Earth new, washed, waiting expectant
The rain, lashing, unforgiving here has passed
Sweeping everything, deliver thy judgment
it bestows novelty, pain, sorrow
To some it gives, to others none
but taking all - Joy. Sadness.

Distant thunder stutters and wails
Brings in report from lands distant
O joy! o Grief! what this, that swift passes
like birds...
Like fleeting dew on early leaf
And the sun in brilliant hue
bursts from clutch'd rain - desperate
To cast its mellifluous radiance
Free from oppressive grip giants command
It lights all, free from shackles.
Revealed in clear light.
that which rain obscured.

Bringing hope to shelters asunder torn
The play of titans, havoc wrought
The sun still to shine
In peaceful serenity
A promise long etched...

The sun to unravel dark cloak'd rain.