I’m waiting for the rain

To fall mercilessly

The air is to be cleared

Of this heat


I watch the clouds

Shift and form

Into threatening shapes

Taunting me

Like wild beasts

Baring their teeth

Backing me into their corner

Listening to my heart cry with fear

But they’re not biting


I step outside

The flies are low

They hover lazily and I don’t bat them away

No time for flies


The atmosphere is heavy on my temples

It’s bursting with pressure

Like an over inflated balloon

Pregnant rain clouds loom closer


C’mon, I urge

C’MON!

Rain on me!

Blacken the sky and make me lose sight

Strike me with lightening and burn my flesh

Make me cry when the thunder roars

Let me drown in this storm!


I’m panting in the hot air

My skin bared and ready for the water


I wait

Breathless

For the rain