Rainy Season

These clouds look menacing
Though they only obscure your light.
I wish I could swipe them away
Like a great Northwest wind does
After a heavy rain
On a day in early Autumn.

It makes you smirk
To hear me say so,
"Your wishes are no good to me,"
You say as you hold me captive
On this world where
The weather is always inclement.

"I can no more stop the rain,
Than ease your pain," you say
Roiling cumulus maladies that
Soak me to my soul
But offer little relief
As they drone on with pitiless resolve.

Tell me, is there a smile left in you;
A radiant beam from afar?
Are you my constant sun or distant star?
Please show me where you hide
So I can voyage there
To try and make things right;

To try and contract your universe;
Reign in the gamma- and x-rays;
Concentrate the power of life, and
Shrink it to a manageable size
Before another downpour forms
More salted tears in my eyes.

Or perhaps, I should
Just shut up and open an umbrella,
And not encourage the melancholy revelry
Of your comfortable misery,
And wait in vain for that one rare dry day
To bask in the warmth of your glow.

(2006)