Summer Rain

Swimming in a sea of brain fog bewilderment

A not so mellow muggy mist

Sluggish and stale

And the slow dark throb of a long lost headache

 

A dark storm gathers out at sea

Awaiting the moment of inconvenience

A chance to disrupt a walk in the park

And the brief summer sunshine

 

A spattering of raindrops on leaves

A gentle melody before the torrent

And the hurried rush to shadowed shelter

Out buildings and damp doorways

Or the woodland canopy

 

The air filled with the haze

Of grass and leaves and lavender

Disturbed by the deluge

The familiar fragrance of a summer rain

 

Then the sun is back

The air is lifted

Fresh clean and new

And all that remains in the gentle dripping from the leaves

And the scent of damp grass