Written in the Rain

by Douglas Smith / March 4th, 2018

To taste ecstasy
I mumble words

Effervescent
I spray rhymes
across the sky

In subdued light
a rainbow shimmers

Obscured by cloud
the sun gleams like
a patch of vitiligo

Weary of motion
water turns to ice

Upon my palm
a snowflake
bursts into tears

Written in the rain
my poem is a blur

Douglas Smith, formerly a teacher of Anthropology at York University, is a homeopathic physician.and author of several books on alternative medicine. It is claimed (although Dissident Voice has no proof of this!) that Doug and his partner grow the best garlic in Haliburton County. Read other articles by Douglas.

This article was posted on Sunday, March 4th, 2018 at 8:01am and is filed under Poetry.