I Look for Rain

a poem

Gustave Caillebotte, The Yerres, Effect of Rain (“L’Yerres, effet de pluie”), ca. 1875. Photograph Pimbrils by via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-3.0).

I look for rain,
rainy hours,
rainy days.

There is no music
in sunshine,
there is nothing
for my soul
in steady golden beams.

Sidewalks don’t shine
unless sacrificing clouds
make them glisten.