chill
walls of snow
fading winter berries---

today is a good day for a poem about rain

years blow
beauty to the winds
force the soul
into high performance---

today is a good day for a poem about rain

illness breaks the heart
wide open
many support one
move with the loss of the known
accepting the shifting gait the dimming smile

today is a good day for a poem about rain

the air sharp
the ground impenetrable
hope
battling like a blade of grass through thick ice

rain makes
the frozen fluid
prepsres
earth for snow-drops
baptizes
blesses
restores grace---

wide waters have no shore---

we set our feet like boats
into the floating water

today is a good day for a poem about rain


-Inge Judd