I went out to the
Park to move muscles
Hang from monkey bars
Spray painted red and blue to
Match the swings
Children don't seem to use anymore
I wanted to
Let my inner child run free
Play a bit
Get my heartbeat up just
Like when I was younger and
You couldn't pay me to stay indoors
I love...
Soaking up sun rays
Communing respectfully with bees and
Ants and other such living things that
Dwell in the grass and
Distill messages from flowers others might call weeds
It was while I was
Frolicking merry and gay that the
First few drops descended
Mind you I'd seen the clouds and
Instinct whispered something about an umbrella
But the experts from my smart phone forecasted
Only clouds and so only clouds
It must be until more
Drops started materializing
Marching vigorously across my
Face and arms and hair until
Finally I conceded and
Ran for cover under the
Leaves of trees
Down the drops stormed
Like grasshoppers playing tag upon my back
Making me squirm and wiggle until the
Beauty of the thing lifted misty eyes and
I became amazement and wonder and
Gratitude
Surrounded by branches nodding in
Agreement to the sermon
Sister wind preached
Thunder shouting ache and amen and
Me beholding who
God is