Resounding Pellets
Beading up hitting windows
The storm rages on

From my youthful eyes
Five steps down red brick sidewalk
Freedom is waiting

A nuisance puddle
For travelers of the day
Cars moving so slow

The echos of pleas
Badgering my mom please please
Let us go outside

A pond of water
To Nellie Albatelley's
Clear across two roads

Finally a yes
Finding appropriate clothing
Without causing fuss

Bare feet and raincoat
Head soaked wading cold water
Presence of laughter

Chattering blue lips
surrendering to chilled bones
Thirty minutes in

Tossing aside clothes
Wrapped securely in blankets
Sharing body heat

Robbed of energy
Eyes closing unwillingly
Afternoon nap time

Cascade windswept rain
Torrential downpour falling
Rain on Eustis street

PMD 3~10~2016