Poem: ‘The Space Between Downpours’

I am in love with rain
with night, moonlight
they grip me
I bend for them
bare skin

the night hangs low, stars
slowly
dripping
from the blackness beyond

like years
like tears

trees leaves motionless
no breeze blows by
star-brightened sky

night-time traffic
unrelentingly
fills
the space
between downpours

~ c.p.grisold