July

Heat...

Wading through heavy air.  

Lifting swollen hands to open a kiln-like car's door.

Bees buzzing in a muddled daze.

Humid haze settling in a torpid maze.

We beg for relief.

We beg for rain.

Anything but the trickle of sweat.

Down our backs.

Clotting on upper lips.

Suddenly silence.

The buzz is gone.

The anvil rises in the East.

A rumble reaches our hungry ears.

Drip, drip...

Drip, drip, drip.

Faster the rain falls, pattering.

Liquid silver pelts from the sky.

Surrounding us in salvation.

Sun...

Shining through rain like golden sparkles.

Birds sing again.

A whisper of cool breeze.

Gentle fingers of mountain air.

Saved...