Glimmers of Rain

Evening, darkness dropping
like a black and heavy velvet curtain
on a theatre stage. Scents of mildew
Seated behind a glass pane window sipping coffee
Waiting for my billie holiday sorrow to leave

Evening settling, rain changing
from a thick wet sheet
to a soft and fragrant mist
Bright and dark all at once

Leaves soaked and matted, brown & gold rotting
on the red earthen floor, mixed
with living, my reality mimicked by nature
Woods, wet and musty with life

Reflected sun still shining
an incandescent veneer
Diamonds glimmering
making brown earth red
and dead leaves gold

Dead and living combined
Compare life to sitting watching woods
its smell so sweet, unsurpassed
Followed by a taste of bitter