Alone in the Rain – revised – v2

I am alone on my porch, in the rain.

Nightfall is closing in.

Now, the island is lonely, too quiet.

The world is muffled, ready for sleep.

The rain falls on the porch roof.

Two mourning doves twitter as

They go from tree to tree,

From branch to branch.

Now they coo and call

To their mate.

The water shimmers

As sheets of rain

Disturb its surface.

A small yellow warbler alights

On a branch before me,

Ready to add its cheerful song to the mix.

Rain now falls from the roof

The staccato of the heavy

Drops on the hard ground below

Like timpani on kettle drums.

A lone boat courses across the water,

Eager for home.

The boat leaves but a wake, lost on the rocks.

Mist obscures the shoreline.

Loons steer by me.

I am still, writing these lines;

But I am anxious.

How I long for the sun, its light,

For the warmth to join me again

In my rustic cabin in the lake.

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edited December 28, 2015

Alone in the Rain – revised – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/alone-in-rain-revised-v2.html

posted February 13, 2004

written August 13, 2000 1:53am

Alone in the Rain – revised

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/alone-in-rain.html

Written 6/18/2000

Alone in the Rain

same day as “Dew in the Morning”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/dew-in-morning-first-try.html

and

“Ten Feet Overhead”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/one-morning-on-swains-lake.html

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