This post and photo were originally posted March 1, 2009. Both are by this blog's owner and are reprised here for your enjoyment. It has been raining all afternoon and evening here and the cicadas are out in force, their throaty symphony a reminder that summer rains have started.

Rain

Watching the sky slowly stew before graying,

I felt

Before seeing,

tiny droplets pelt

the surface of my shoulders.

First shy, then insistent,

a lover's fingers

brushing, then caressing skin,

drawing a surprised breath

at the mysteries of full embrace.