Ranald101

The rain falls like a sacred anthem Quietly echoing my careworn soul Her melancholic hymn is so familiar She draws me onward like a pilgrim Perhaps that is why I am barefoot Like Moses before the burning bush I feel the tears of heaven washing My bare feet like Mary Magdalene The rain sooths like a sacrament Absolving the streets of their sins She sprinkles my soul in acceptance I give in to her elemental absolution The rain embraces everything I am Without judgment’s callous gavel The rain weeps for me in empathy Inscribing the path my tears trace She welcomes me into fellowship I am speechless before her grace Her caress bri