I am in motion
but the day is
somehow still

Only rain for
my companion

Trees stand
motionless
as green leaves
drink in raindrops

So many days
passed without rain
Now, today, I walk
across liquid glass

I should uncover
my head, let the rain
fall where it will
but I don’t- well,

Only long enough
to unlock a door
and step inside
out of the stillness

Not ready to be a cog
in the busy wheel again

If only I’d lingered,
stood still, taken a
much-needed drink

And felt the approach
of this new season
precisely as the trees-
From my head to my toes